the mouse is ps/2 and GPM is not installed on either box. also there is no /dev/input/* on either box.. what puzzles me is why it runs on one and not the other.
bob On Sunday 21 October 2001 13:24, you wrote: > ps/2 mouse ore usb? if usb you need some extra kernel features. does > /dev/input/mice exist? if not, you need to create it with mknod. does gpm > run? > > patrick > > On Sunday, 21. October 2001 18:43, Bob Underwood wrote: > > I have an interesting situation with the mouse on the little woman's box. > > I recently swapped her old two-button for a three-button Logitech mouse. > > The new mouse doesn't work on her box, but it does on mine. The relevant > > sections of the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file are identical. Early on, I > > did notice that her keyboard was wrongly identified as pc105 (instead of > > pc101), so I corrected that, restarted the X server and it worked until > > the next time she booted. > > > > So, for now, she's back to the two button mouse. This is on the most > > current woody, with KDE. Any help would be appreciated. > > > > from XF86Config-4 > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Configured Mouse" > > Driver "mouse" > > Option "CorePointer" > > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" > > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > > EndSection > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Generic Mouse" > > Driver "mouse" > > Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" > > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > > Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" > > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" > > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > > > > tia > > > > bob