Re: Mouse help

[Doug <doug@curmudgeon.org>]

At 10:53 PM 1/31/03 -0600, Kent West wrote:
> Doug wrote:
>
> > Hail:
> >
> > I am new to Debian and have mostly only used GUI versions of linux in the 
> > past.  I have a problem, and I hope that you can help.
> >
> > On my Debian machine while setting it up I misidentified the serial port 
> > that the mouse is using.  Short of reformatting my hard-drive and 
> > reinstalling Debian how do I change my serial port connection?
>
> Depends on if you're talking about the console mouse or the mouse in X.
>
> If console mouse, you can either edit /etc/gpm.conf directly, or run 
> "gpmconfig".
>
> If the mouse in X, you can either edt /etc/X11/XF86Config directly (not 
> recommended if debconf is mainting your X setup), or run "dpkg-reconfigure 
> xserver-xfree86".

Mr. West:

Thank you, I tried "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" and it worked.  My 
next project is to get my ISA sound card working, but I haven't given up on 
that yet.

Thanks again.

Doug


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