John & Tim....in my experience the ps/2 mouse always uses IRQ 12.
Alan
John Aldrich wrote:
>
> On Mon, 25 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > No this doesn't work either.. Sorry, I forgot to mention that configuring my
> > mouse for psaux (the others not working) locks up my keyboard and mouse...
> >
> psaux??? Not familiar with that config. Are you using serial or PS/2
> mouse? Or are you trying to use a PS/2 mouse with a serial adapter?
> AFAIK, serial and PS/2 are the only options you have, and trying to
> use PS/2 with an adapter doesn't work well for most people.
>
> Sounds like you've got a serious IRQ conflict somewhere... Are you
> trying to use your serial mouse in a comm port that's in use by your
> internal modem or anything, by any chance? Do you have a PS/2 mouse
> port and have it enabled in BIOS by any chance? IIRC, that MAY share
> an IRQ with one of your serial ports... don't recall off hand what
> IRQ PS/2 mouse tries to use...
> John
