Hello Brian,
I tried what you mentioned but it does not work. Could there be another
port that I am not trying or know about. The mouse is integrated with the
laptop. Could there be a different port????
Thanks
>From: Brian Matsuo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [SLU] Laptop mouse
>Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 12:23:27 -0700
>
>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)
>
>--
>Brian Matsuo, Technical Support
>Stormix Technologies Inc.
>555 West Hastings Street, Suite 2040
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