I found the solution to this problem from a message I saw on
DejaNews. Someone mentioned that there is a 'mouseconfig' program that
will configure just the mouse. When I ran it, it looked just like the part
of the linux-mandrake install that asked about the mouse. I selected the
appropriate mouse and pressed ok, and presto! It worked. It filled in
info that was close to what was said below. the device was "/dev/psaux"
and I don't remember any ZAxisMapping, but I could be wrong there. I don't
have my ethernet card set up over there yet, so I have to use Windows to
send e-mail.
At 08:34 PM 10/21/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I had similar problem, when I was either getting mouse to work (after
>running x86config or I was getting my display at the desired resolution and
>the mouse going south (after running XConfigurator). The solution that
>worked for me was to run XConfigurator, setup my video (Diamond Viper V770)
>and then edit the XF86Config manually to get the mouse to run properly.
>
>My XF86Config looks now like this:
>
>Section "Pointer"
> Protocol "IMPS/2"
> Device "/dev/mouse"
> ZAxisMapping 4 5
>
>HTH
>Sean Brzozowski
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Timothée Revil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Thursday, October 21, 1999 9:10 AM
>Subject: Re: [newbie] MS Intellimouse, X Windows, and problems...
>
>
>I have exactly the same configuration, but for me, I can't even set my mouse
>without my computer freezing.. I tried many different ways to fix it,
>without any luck. If you ever succeed in configuring it, please post how you
>did it!!
>
>Thanks,
>Tim
>
> > I have a Diamond Viper V770 TNT 2 video card that I successfully installed
> > the drivers for, which I am very proud of, since it was my first mod of
> > linux. However, now that I have 1280x1024x32bpp resolution in X, I don't
> > have a mouse that is working properly. What it is doing is as you move
>the
> > mouse around, it is getting button press signals all over the place and
> > popping all over the upper-left corner of the screen.
> >
> > I have played around with the settings in XF86Config to point the mouse
> > device as /dev/mouse and /dev/psaux. I have also used the "Intellimouse"
> > and "PS/2" mouse types.
> >
> > What is interesting about this problem is that when I had a more typical
> > video card and the install figured out exactly what to set, the mouse
> > worked great in X.
> >
> > Could it be an interrupt conflict?
> >
> > Has anyone else seen this problem...?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Dave
