RE: [expert] Serial port/mouse problems - need debugging suggestions (solved)

2001-04-22 Thread Aaron deRozario
Thanks for the various suggestions. I have finally managed to solve the problem. As usual when something sounds like a hardware problem - it probably is a hardware problem. Whether the problem was dodgy serial ports on the motherboard, conflicts between the ISA i/o card and the sound card I don

Re: [expert] Serial port/mouse problems - need debugging suggestions

2001-04-20 Thread Rusty Carruth
Aaron deRozario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > there is no hardware fault with the serial mouse (standard 2 button serial). Do you have any other 'pure serial' mice you can try on that port? (and on other ports). (I say 'pure serial' just because of the other post about ps/2 to serial adapte

Re: [expert] Serial port/mouse problems - need debugging suggestions

2001-04-20 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Friday 20 April 2001 07:35, you wrote: > I am having a problem getting a mouse to work on an old machine, > which I intend to use as an X-terminal. When I did the network > install, I could use the graphical install, but the mouse > wouldn't work. At the time I thought that poerhaps the seria

[expert] Serial port/mouse problems - need debugging suggestions

2001-04-19 Thread Aaron deRozario
I am having a problem getting a mouse to work on an old machine, which I intend to use as an X-terminal. When I did the network install, I could use the graphical install, but the mouse wouldn't work. At the time I thought that poerhaps the serial cable between the 9 pin port and the motherboard