On Tue Jan 05 1999 at 10:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I recently did an install for a freind on a 100mhz pentium. i could never get
> the mouse to work, I tried a few different ones too, so needless to say he
> never got the mouse configed that night, but upon further investigation i found
> out that the mouse was fully functional in the bios. like you can see it and
> use it and everything..( this i found out later ..) what can i do to get that
> mouse to work in linux ? im not sure if there is even a way to disable it in
> the bios.. its a regular serial mouse . nothing special about it.. help ?
You don't mention which distro you are using (no matter).
Use a recent version of gpm.
Make sure that /dev/mouse exists as a symbolic link to /dev/psaux (you
obviously have a ps/2 mouse on that box).
Make sure that gpm is being started up correctly using the correct
mount type.
On redhat systems, the magic file is /etc/sysconfig/mouse
Cheers
Tony
