Re: mouse/X compatibility problem
Which revision of the serial mouse is it? If it is a 2.1a MS Mouse,
there is a problem with it and the newest versions of X. They are
incompatible. I had to send back 15 MS mice and have my hardware
supplier dig up 2.0 revisions of the mouse. I believe there is more
info about it over at xfree86.org
Timm Gleason
Hardware Engineer
On Wed, 29 Oct 1997 15:49:45 -0500 (EST),
gariepy@dixmier.dartmouth.edu (Larry Gariepy) wrote:
>Hello.
> I am mailing a message that I posted earlier on the newsgroup because a
>friend of mine informed me that many people subscribe to the list but do
>not check the newsgroup that often.
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>I am a new Debian user. With a great deal of help from a friend (read:
>he installed and debugged it for me), I now have Debian Linux 1.3.1 on
>my Pentium 233. It is set up as a dual boot machine, with Win95.
>
>My problem is that X Windows doesn't seem to recognize my mouse, though
>it works under Win95, and you even get a mouse cursor when logged in to
>a vt100 terminal. The mouse is just a standard Microsoft serial mouse.
>
>If anyone has had this problem, or even if you haven't and know how to
>fix it, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Larry Gariepy
>gariepy@darmouth.edu
>
>ps. I have two friends who are Debian gurus, and they were unable to
>diagnose the problem (other than to recommend buying a new mouse!), so
>it leads me to believe this problem is non-trivial.
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>
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