diff -ru gpm-1.19.6/src/gpn.c gpm-1.19.6-patched/src/gpn.c
--- gpm-1.19.6/src/gpn.c	Sun Sep 23 15:00:03 2001
+++ gpm-1.19.6-patched/src/gpn.c	Mon Jan 21 23:07:52 2002
@@ -445,7 +445,10 @@
 /* report should be here and nothing else! */
 
 #if 1 /* was: "if (!defined(HAVE_SYSLOG) || !defined(HAVE_VSYSLOG))" */
+#if 0
     if (!freopen("/dev/console","w",stderr)) /* the currently current console */
+#endif
+    if (!freopen("/dev/null","w",stderr)) /* the currently current console */
       {
         oops("freopen(stderr) failed");
       }
diff -ru gpm-1.19.6/src/mice.c gpm-1.19.6-patched/src/mice.c
--- gpm-1.19.6/src/mice.c	Thu Sep 27 08:50:29 2001
+++ gpm-1.19.6-patched/src/mice.c	Mon Jan 21 22:50:26 2002
@@ -1409,13 +1409,14 @@
 
   /* Non mman: change from any available speed to the chosen one */
   for (i=9600; i>=1200; i/=2)
-      setspeed(fd, i, opt_baud, (type->fun != M_mman) /* write */, flags);
+      setspeed(fd, i, opt_baud, 1 /* (type->fun != M_mman) */ /* write */, flags);
 
   /*
    * reset the MouseMan/TrackMan to use the 3/4 byte protocol
    * (Stephen Lee, sl14@crux1.cit.cornell.edu)
    * Changed after 1.14; why not having "I_mman" now?
    */
+#if 0
   if (type->fun==M_mman)
     {
       setspeed(fd, 1200, 1200, 0, flags); /* no write */
@@ -1423,6 +1424,7 @@
       setspeed(fd, 1200, opt_baud, 0, flags); /* no write */
       return type;
     }
+#endif
 
   if(type->fun==M_geni)
     {