Error in read()ing first: Invalid argument
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GPM is failing to give mouse support in console with the following error:
*** err [daemon/getmousedata.c(47)]:
Error in read()ing first: Invalid argument
I am using Gentoo. I have two mice. A Logitech USB mouse and touchpad. Device nodes are created in /dev/input/event5
and /dev/input/event6
. I have tested them with libinput debug-events
. They are working just fine so I think kernel drivers are ok.
-event2 DEVICE_ADDED Power Button seat0 default group1 cap:k
-event3 DEVICE_ADDED Video Bus seat0 default group2 cap:k
-event0 DEVICE_ADDED Lid Switch seat0 default group3 cap:S
-event1 DEVICE_ADDED Sleep Button seat0 default group4 cap:k
-event5 DEVICE_ADDED Logitech USB Optical Mouse seat0 default group5 cap:p left scroll-nat scroll-button
-event4 DEVICE_ADDED AT Translated Set 2 keyboard seat0 default group6 cap:k
-event6 DEVICE_ADDED SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad seat0 default group7 cap:pg size 100x76mm tap(dl off) left scroll-nat scroll-2fg-edge click-buttonareas-clickfinger dwt-on
-event7 DEVICE_ADDED TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint seat0 default group8 cap:p left scroll-nat scroll-button
-event5 POINTER_BUTTON +2.36s BTN_LEFT (272) pressed, seat count: 1
event5 POINTER_BUTTON +2.41s BTN_LEFT (272) released, seat count: 0
event5 POINTER_BUTTON +4.56s BTN_RIGHT (273) pressed, seat count: 1
event5 POINTER_BUTTON +4.66s BTN_RIGHT (273) released, seat count: 0
event5 POINTER_MOTION +6.72s 0.31/ -0.31 ( +1.00/ -1.00)
event5 POINTER_MOTION +6.72s 1.77/ -1.77 ( +2.00/ -2.00)
event5 POINTER_MOTION +6.73s 4.19/ -1.05 ( +4.00/ -1.00)
GPM configuration file:
# /etc/init.d/gpm
# Please uncomment the type of mouse you have and the appropriate MOUSEDEV entry
MOUSE=ps2
#MOUSE=imps2
#MOUSEDEV=/dev/psaux
MOUSEDEV=/dev/input/event5
# Extra settings
#RESPONSIVENESS=
#REPEAT_TYPE=raw
# Please uncomment this line if you want gpm to understand charsets used
# in URLs and names with ~ or : in them, etc. This is a good idea to turn on!
APPEND="-l \"a-zA-Z0-9_.:~/\300-\326\330-\366\370-\377\""
# Various other options, see gpm(8) manpage for more.
#APPEND="-g 1 -A60"
#APPEND="-l \"a-zA-Z0-9_.:~/\300-\326\330-\366\370-\377\" -g 1 -A60"
After invoking /etc/init.d/gpm start
GPM starts properly. But when any mouse event occurs GPM throws above error in log file in an infinite loop and mouse doesn't work.
Same issue here! Tried all protocols!
*** err [daemon/getmousedata.c(47)]: Error in read()ing first: Invalid argument
Looks like the evdev packet size is set to 16, maybe it should be this instead?