Re: mouse/X compatibility problem
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Larry Gariepy wrote:
> Hi. Ok, I have sat down and done a little research. The mouse is on
> Com 1, sort of. When I boot in Windows 95, it does not seem to recognize
> the mouse as being on Com 1, it is just "there". In Linux, the device
> /dev/mouse is linked to /dev/ttyS0. The mouse is a Microsoft Serial
> Mouse, version 2.1A. Is this too new for the driver to work correctly?
> Is it possible that the mouse is not connected to Com1 or Com2?
Hmm. How's it plug into the machine? If it's plugged into a serial port,
it's probably got to be on a com port. But if you have a recent
motherboard, it could be on com3 or com4 -- try the other /dev/ttys[2..4]
entries as the Device "/dev/ttywhatever" entry, and see if that helps.
Also, you might want to check your kernel messages on boot and see if the
serial driver is installed -- try "more < /var/log/messages" to check
this, and you should see something about tty00--tty03.
It's also possible that your serial port is by default configured for the
wrong IRQ, in which case you'll need to use setserial.
Will
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