Listen have i made myself clear ?? its a SERIAL mouse im _absolutely_ _sure_ .
And it doesnt matter where i stick it in the startup scripts, especially if i
cant start it up from the command line . I have been using slakware for a
while, never seen a problem like this. Its definetly NOT a ps2 mouse im not
kidding. Theres no ps2 port on the machine at all, not even on the motherboard
itself. slugware ?
On 07-Jan-99 Tony Nugent wrote:
> On Wed Jan 06 1999 at 22:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> its a serial mouse ... im absolutely sure of it ... gpm was never running in
>> the first place either. i tried to start gpm and it wouldnt work.Gpm would
>> st
>> art , but no 'pointer' was ever visible.
>
> You'll need to start gpm up somewhere in your rc bootup scripts...
>
>> Its slakware 3.5.
>
> with slugware it is probably /etc/rc.d/rc.local
>
> (using slugware is probably your biggest problem, but let's not get
> into distro wars :-)
>
>> I tried the sym
>> link as well at first.. but could not get the mouse to work at all. in the
>> slakware setup I chose /dev/cua0 (ttyS0) as the
>> port the mouse is on. but to no avail.
>
> It's ps/2 mouse, and /dev/cua* and /dev/ttyS* are for _serial_ mice.
> Use /dev/psaux - that's the ps/2 port. Oh, and you MUST run a kernel
> that has support for psaux mice either compiled into the kernel or
> available as a module.
>
>> I can use it in the BIOS, but not in linux , it worked well in
>> windows ( I hear so often ) any thoughts ??
>
> Yes -- use the correct mouse device! :)
>
>> > 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.
>
> (err, I meant "mouse type" - see "gpm -t help" for the available
> types).
>
> Cheers
> Tony
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