On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 10:15:57AM +0200, Ivan Vilata Balaguer wrote: > On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 04:39:19PM +0100, Matthew Vernon wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I've made the changes suggested herein, and having got a friend > > to do a HURD install using the Easy Guide, made some other > > alterations. We'll try X in a few days ;) > > > > The link to http://f77.nop.or.jp/doc/XFree86-3.3.3.1.html#theTable (in > > neil's guide, the X seciont) seems not to work, though; where do I > > find out about PS/2 mice? > > Eeerr, this might be a little Off-topic... Following the > instructions given in various places to get a serial mouse > working (associating /hurd/mouse -d com0 -p microsoft to > /dev/mouse and using the protocol 'osmouse' in /etc/X11/XF86Config) > in XFree86 3.3.6 (installed from CD images F2) makes the mouse > work. Well, not really: mouse movement is absolutely jerky, i.e. > it keeps jumping from one side to the other, it doesn't move to > the right... I cat'ed /dev/mouse and noticed that data is not > read smoothly, I need to move the mouse a little to get data. > The mouse works perfectly with Linux, as a M$ mouse. Maybe > there's something lacking in the docs? > > [...] >
Ivan Had much the same problem myself. After a process of guesswork, I set the mouse to use logitech protocol - it stopped jumping around my screen. I don't *think* I have a logitech mouse, but this did work for me. YMMV. Please report to the list if this does work for you. Bob -- The two most common things in the Universe are hydrogen and stupidity. -- Harlan Ellison