On Saturday 19 June 2004 02:58, Steven Ackerman wrote:
> Please see inline comments:
>
> --- pa3gcu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I have just installed Mandrake 9.1. I chose tty0
> > > (com1?
> >
> > I am sure you mean /dev/ttyS0 not /dev/tty0
>
> I guess so. Whatever it was doesn't really matter. It
> wasn't right. I believe it was the linux equivelant of
> Com port 1. You would probably know better than I.
>
> > > I have installed M9.1 previously and I believe

I did some searching on google for your computer, i could not find any site 
which actually stated what protocol the mouse use's, however my impression is 
that it is a normal ps2 mouse.

I would do the following;

Start mandrake into init 3
I cant remember which bootloader mandrake 9.1 used, if its lilo you need to 
type the name of the boot image and 3 after it asin;
linux 3
replace linux with the name of the boot image.
If its grub i belive all you need to do is select the boot image with the 
arrow up/down keys and then type in 3 in the "options" box.
Hit enter of course.

After booting login as root and type 'mouseconfig'
Select "Generic PS2 Wheel Mouse"
That takes care of the symlinks in /dev/

Your XF86Config(-4) file found in /etc/X11 may also need editing, a typical 
entry for a wheel mouse is;

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse1"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option       "Corepointer"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option       "Buttons" "5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "off"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

After all that type init 5 to start X and see what happens.

-- 
If the Linux community is a bunch of thieves because they
try to imitate windows programs, then the Windows community
is built on organized crime.

Regards Richard
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/


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