eduardo reyes wrote:
Hi there
I recently installed Linux on an old laptop 486DX2,
8 megs ram, 500Mg
hard drive. My question is. How can I get the mouse to
work. It's one of
those trackball like mice. I also tried to load a serial mouse
through
ttyS0-ttyS2, and that did not work. Tried psaux and that did
not work
either. please help me
This will require you to edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config file.
You could use one of the X configurarion utilities (xf86config or XF86Setup)
but that requires you to configure your entire XF86Config file, this way you only have
to edit/configure a couple of lines. Open /etc/X11/XF86Config in your
favourite text editor:
To add a Serial Mouse:
# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "Auto"
Device "/dev/ttySX" (where X is the appropriate port)
To add a PS/2 Trackball Mouse:
# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "IMPS/2"
Device "/dev/psaux" (/dev/mouse might work too, it's usually symlinked to /dev/psaux)
Save your changes and restart X (logout OR ctrl-alt-bksp)
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