On Wed, 02 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Greg Olszewski wrote:
>
> > You should know what happens when you say stuff like that :-)
> >
> > I've got one and use it regularly. Why? Because
> > "The Ultimate Pointing Device"(3-button logitech trackball)
> > only comes in ps/2 and the free motherboard I got
> > only has serial ports. No ps/2.
>
> I am learning more and more that getting mice to work w/ Linux is more of
> an art of luck rather than a science of mousing. Despite having read
> countless FAQs, HOWTOs and interrogating people in the #redhat/#linuxhelp
> channels of EFnet, my mouse still doesn't work. This is strange because
> the hardware is known to be good and it's simple. I have a serial
> connector on the box, activated in BIOS as ttyS0(COM1). The mouse is an
> oldskool MS serial mouse(the old ones from like 1990-that square look).
Have you tried;
cd /dev/
rm mouse
ln -s ttyS0 mouse
gpm -t ms
That is the way to get an MS compatable serial mouse to work. As to what a
"oldskool" MS mouse is i have no idea, but the letters MS suggest it would use
the "MicroSoft" protocol.
> After spending hours trying to figure out WHAT setting is not correct, I
> gave up in favor of coaxing one of my two pieces of junk I call NICs to
> work. I will keep the list posted on WTF is going on. Course, that mail
> will probably be something more for [EMAIL PROTECTED](Too bad
> this list doesn't exist).
If you decide you need help on the NICS, do not forget to tell us the make
and type, + settings for irq's + io ports, considering you said "junk" i
presume they are ISA cards. 8 Bits.??? Thats junk.
>
> In any case, the idea that your trackball works with these settings
> "wobble the mind" as Kelly Bundy might say.
Huum, Brains in Hooters. ??, I've never licked brians.
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