PS/2 Mouse Port
I have a motherboard that has a PS/2 mouse port. It's *not* an ATX
motherboard, though - the PS/2 port and the parallel port are together
on a metal insert that goes in one of the card slot holes in the
case. I have a TrackMan that has a PS/2 port: with an adapter it
works fine in the serial port, but I want to free up that port and use
the PS/2 port on the motherboard.
I tried plugging the mouse in, powering up the system, and configuring
XFree86 to use /dev/psaux or /dev/psmouse, but no dice. I also tried
"cat /dev/psaux" and moving the trackball and pushing buttons, and saw
nothing - I expected to see gibberish. So maybe it isn't working at
all!
I'd appreciate any suggestions for 1) testing to see if my PS/2 port
even works, 2) configuring Linux to find my PS/2 port, and/or 3)
getting it to work with X.
--Bill.
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