Re: [expert] Mouse (ps2) problems with 8.1

2001-11-13 Thread Jose Luis Vazquez Gonzalez
Hi Eduardo, Something similar happened to me as well with a ps2 mouse, but in my case I always had mouse again at X if I was going to a text terminal and then back to X. gpm didn't work as a rc script, but it worked afterwards by doing /etc/rc.d/gpm start from a tty command line. I didn't

Re: [expert] Mouse (ps2) problems with 8.1

2001-11-13 Thread Jose Luis Vazquez Gonzalez
I forgot! Kernel 2.4.8 from www.kernel.org didn't behave like that with my ps2 mouse I thought it was due to devfs support but switching it off on th mandrake provided kernel sources. I hope this brings some more light on this topic! I would try with that kernel from kernel.org but I

RE: [expert] Mouse (ps2) problems with 8.1

2001-11-12 Thread Craig Williamson (ENZ)
Title: RE: [expert] Mouse (ps2) problems with 8.1 Hi There, I've had a similar problem. The installation of 8.1 went through smoothly, detected the mouse etc. Upon first boot up the mouse dies under the Linux console (X works fine). The mouse 'cursor' stays at the top of the screen

Re: [expert] Mouse (ps2) problems with 8.1

2001-11-12 Thread emammendes
Title: RE: [expert] Mouse (ps2) problems with 8.1 Hi ya I have got a Compaq mouse (I don't know the exact brand but I am almost sure that Compaq went for the cheapest mouse). In my case the mouse only "disappears" when I log out and it won'twork again ... I definitely