Brown, Paul, BROWNPA2 wrote:

  I have just installed the latest version of Debian GNU/Linux (v 1.2
  I think)
  and when
  it came to the device installation section I asked it to install the
  MS Bus
  Mouse
  driver.  When the system boots up it says that it has found the bus
  mouse,
  however
  when I tried to install XFree86 it could not find any mouse attached
  no
  matter what
  device I told it to use.  To try and see if I could access the mouse
  from
  outside X
  I obtained the gpm module and installed it, but to no avail, it to
  did not
  show any
  signs of being able to access the mouse, no errors, but no mouse
  either.

  This is my exact setup :

  Debian GNU/Linux 1.2
  Old Microsoft Inport Bus Mouse Adapter Card and Mouse
  msbusmouse module installed saying that device is /dev/msmouse
  gpm installed with device set to /dev/msmouse and type set to any of
  bm/ms
  or bare

  When gpm goes into it's test phase it says that it connects to
  /dev/msmouse
  fine, but
  none of the types give me any joy.  Can anybody help ?

  I have read some older messages from this mailing list that said
  something
  about needing
  to get a new kernel version, is this still required for the latest
  version
  of Debian GNU/Linux.
  If so what do I have to get and where do I get it from ?

  Many thanks in advance to anybody who is able to help.

  Regards,

  Paul Brown


 
Add the -R  option to your gpm configuration, and that should work. It
did for me.

marc.

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