shutting down mouse services [Failed]??

[David Jansen]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 01:09:47PM +0900, rg wrote:
> A problem that arrived with Fedora Test 1 and remains on Core 1 (but did 
> not exist in RH9)  is during the shut down process, during which I 
> always get [Failed] during the phase that says Shutting down mouse 
> services.  Everything seems to work just fine, but it seems odd that 
> suddenly this consistent Failure in Core 1. Any suggs as to what is at 
> the cause?

The problem is that rhgb (the graphical boot) is using the mouse at the
time gpm (the console mouse driver) is attempting to start. Some mice
don't like that, resulting in gpm not running. Hence, it cannot be
shutdown, resulting in a failure message.

If the mouse is otherwise working fine, and you don't need the mouse to
be available on the virtual console, disabling gpm will do the trick,
and it will make startup and shutdown slightly faster (chkconfig gpm
off, or use the services tool from the menu.

If you do need gpm to run, disable rhgb, or try another type of mouse. 
Someone mentioned that the problem only occurs with a ps/2 mouse, not
with usb.

See also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=109613

David Jansen