At 09:13 AM 08/01/2000 -0500, Rob Benson wrote:
>I am running LM 7.0 in dual boot on my laptop.  I have been using a
>serial mouse up until now with no problems.  I am wanting to switch to a
>ps2 mouse to free up my serial port to use with the Palm Pilot, but when
>I hook up the ps2, it doesn't register on the screen (i.e., the cursor
>doesn't move).  I have run mouseconfig and set it to my ps2 mouse, and I
>have alternately enabled and disabled ps2 mouse in my bios to see if
>this has any effect.  I know my ps2 port is working because I use a ps2
>splitter and have my keyboard hooked up through it.  And yes, I have
>tried the mouse without the splitter and it still doesn't work.  Any
>suggestions?

Try looking in /etc/X11/XF86Config, under the mouse section, and change the
Protocol line to PS2 or PS/2.

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