On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 01:50:36PM -1000, Antonio Querubin wrote: [...] > On some systems, gpm and the X server don't along. Try stopping gpm first > before starting gdm or the X server. [...] Actually, it is rhgb (the graphical boot) and gpm that don't get along. Disabling rhgb (in /etc/grub.conf) does the trick, or configure the machine to run without gpm (no mouse on console, but X can usually use the mouse directly without gpm). David