Thanks for the reply.
I am running Red Hat 5.2, the retail version off of the shelf. It cannot
autodetect the mouse, and when I go to configure it manually it does not
work at all
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>- What version of RedHat?
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>- What sort of mouse?
I have tried a Microsoft Serial 2 button mouse and a Genius 2 button mouse
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>- Did you specify the right mouse type and device file in
> /etc/X11/XF86Config?
Yes
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>- Does /dev/mouse exist, and is it a symbolic link to /dev/ttyS0 (or
> /dev/cua0)?
I will look
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>- Did you try running RedHat's mouseconfig and mouse-test utilities?
mouse config yes, mouse test no (where is it?)
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>- Do the files (symbolic links) /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S*gpm exist? Does
> the script /etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm exist? (ie, does the mouse driver
> get started at bootup?)
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>- What is the contents of your /etc/sysconfig/mouse file?
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>There are more questions you need to find answers to, but this should
>give you a good start.
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>Cheers
>Tony
Thanks Tony,
Leo
