Juergen Braukmann wrote:
>
> Richard Ibbotson wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > I've finally run into a problem with a Microsoft basic mouse. I've
> > re-installed my SuSE 6.0 system to get it to run properly and now the
> > mouse won't work in X-windows. It worked fine on setup but on re-
> > starting the machine it will not respond.
> >
> > Just for the sake of argument I've installed the 2.2 pre 7 kernel.
> > Has anyone heard of this one ?
There were no mouse related problems with 2.2-pre7
> >
>
> if you have the possibility of an fast i-net access: better get 2.2.5.
Yep. That's a good advice.
>
> > Thanks
> >
>
> Hi Richard,
>
> did you activate the aux. mouse port in your kernel setup? Does it work
> with the "old" 2.0.36 kernel? Did it work (before) on X with an "old"
> kernel?
> These questions point onto lack of kernel mouse support...
/dev/psaux is only needed for ps2 mice. If microsoft basic means a normal
serial mouse, psaux is not needed. Support for serial mice is included
in the serial driver, that means, you must have enabled serial support.
It may be compiled as a module. But I wouldn't recommend that.
Henning
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