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On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 10:22:30PM -0500, Ron Stordahl wrote:
I guess its XF86Setup, it runs automatically during the install process.
In any case I am not getting any success with the mouse. Right after
answering 9, which is Microsoft Intellimous, it immediately asks me another
question I don't know about, specificaly it wants the full device name to
which the mouse is connected, and suggests /dev/tty00, which would be fine
if it were a serial port mouse. But I don't know what to answer it for a
mouse connected to the PS/2 connector.
Any ideas?
/dev/psaux
Speaking as a Linux user of some time, and to whom the answer is well
known, this is one of those really annoying bits of the Linux install.
The answer is *trivial*, but it's virtually impossible to find if you
don't already know it.
I looked up a couple of references (Debian instalation manual,
O'Reilly's _Learning Debian GNU/Linux_, the HOWTOs), for something which
might point this out. None do (the Debian install guide doesn't cover X
AFAICT, the ORA book glosses the point, and the HOWTOs suggest you've
come to the wrong place -- there's a Busmouse HOWTO, but no PS/2 mouse
HOWTO. Nonetheless, you'll find in section 3.3 of the Busmouse HOWTO,
you're told that the mouse device for PS/2 is, indeed, /dev/psaux.
You can find the Linux HOWTOs at http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO. The
Busmouse HOWTO is:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Busmouse-HOWTO.html
Devices:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Busmouse-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.3
Similarly, a Google search for linux ps/2 mouse device returns a link
title which device for PS/2 mouse as its fourth result.
Google and the Linux HOWTOs are your friends (and who said geeks don't
have friends g).
ron
- Original Message -
From: kmself@ix.netcom.com
To: Debian User List debian-user@lists.debian.org
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: Simple mouse question
Which X config section? There are a number of different utilities,
among them xconfigurator (command line), XF86Setup (graphical), and
others. Don't sweat it, you can always change the setting later.
If you've got a mouse with a small, round, 9-pin connector, you've got a
PS/2 mouse. If it's got a wheel in between the two buttons, it's
probably a Microsoft IntelliMouse (the labling should make this clear).
Both plug in to the PS/2 port.
The PS/2 setting should work with both types. An IntelliMouse will be
somewhat more functional if used with teh IntelliMouse setting.
On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 04:37:19PM -0500, Ron Stordahl wrote:
I am installing potato and am in the X configuration section where I am
asked to specify a mouse protocol type.
Of the choices these 2 make sense:
4 PS/2 Mouse
9 Microsoft IntelliMouse
Actually it is both, but that's not a valid choice. By choosing 9 will
I be
selecting a serial port rather than a PS/2 port?
I am stalled...
ron
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