Ah okay, when I try using gpmconfig it tells me "gpm: /dev/psaux: No such device". So what does that mean? There is a file /dev/psaux which looks right, but I can't get "cat < /dev/psaux" to work either. Any thoughts?
-----Original Message----- From: Robert Wilderspin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Dan Winkler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tuesday, April 07, 1998 2:49 PM Subject: Re: Can't get my mouse to work >On 7 Apr 98 00:02:50 GMT, in linux.debian.user you wrote: > >>The mouse is a PS/2 mouse. It works fine under Windows 95. It does not >>work at all under Linux. When I run XF86Setup, I select PS/2 mouse and set >>the device to be /dev/psaux and "apply" the changes, but moving the mouse >>does not move the cursor. The /dev/psaux file exists and looks right. I >>believe the kernel has PS/2 support included because in /var/log/messages >>there's a line that says "PS/2 Auxiliary pointing device detected -- driver >>installed." But in /proc/interrupts there's no mention of a PS/2 device or >>a mouse. I've also tried disabling both serial ports and the parallel port >>in the BIOS to see if there was some IRQ conflict, but that made no >>difference. >> >>So... what should I try next? > >If you haven't already, try to get it working with gpm. Run >"gpmconfig" (if I remember it correctly) and select the PS/2 device. >The man-pages describe how to do this better. > >If that works okay, then you can follow the man-pages again to use gpm >to handle it under X using the "-R" switch, changing the device in >XF86Config to "/dev/gpmdata" with type "MouseSystems". What this does >is set up a fake device for X to use, controlled via gpm. This is all >from my rusty memory, but I know that it should work. > > >It's a shame that simple things like this are so complicated to get >working, as I'm sure it puts a lot of people off using Linux. I hope >that this is of some use to you. > >Rob Wilderspin. >-- >The problem with people is that half of them are >below average intelligence. And don't realise it. >-------------------------= (send replies to rob@) > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]