Re: Can't get my mouse to work
Ah okay, when I try using gpmconfig it tells me "gpm: /dev/psaux: No such
device". So what does that mean? There is a file /dev/psaux which looks
right, but I can't get "cat < /dev/psaux" to work either. Any thoughts?
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Wilderspin <antispam@feverish.demon.co.uk>
To: Dan Winkler <heydan@tiac.net>
Date: Tuesday, April 07, 1998 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: Can't get my mouse to work
>On 7 Apr 98 00:02:50 GMT, in linux.debian.user you wrote:
>
>>The mouse is a PS/2 mouse. It works fine under Windows 95. It does not
>>work at all under Linux. When I run XF86Setup, I select PS/2 mouse and
set
>>the device to be /dev/psaux and "apply" the changes, but moving the mouse
>>does not move the cursor. The /dev/psaux file exists and looks right. I
>>believe the kernel has PS/2 support included because in /var/log/messages
>>there's a line that says "PS/2 Auxiliary pointing device detected --
driver
>>installed." But in /proc/interrupts there's no mention of a PS/2 device
or
>>a mouse. I've also tried disabling both serial ports and the parallel
port
>>in the BIOS to see if there was some IRQ conflict, but that made no
>>difference.
>>
>>So... what should I try next?
>
>If you haven't already, try to get it working with gpm. Run
>"gpmconfig" (if I remember it correctly) and select the PS/2 device.
>The man-pages describe how to do this better.
>
>If that works okay, then you can follow the man-pages again to use gpm
>to handle it under X using the "-R" switch, changing the device in
>XF86Config to "/dev/gpmdata" with type "MouseSystems". What this does
>is set up a fake device for X to use, controlled via gpm. This is all
>from my rusty memory, but I know that it should work.
>
>
>It's a shame that simple things like this are so complicated to get
>working, as I'm sure it puts a lot of people off using Linux. I hope
>that this is of some use to you.
>
>Rob Wilderspin.
>--
>The problem with people is that half of them are
>below average intelligence. And don't realise it.
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>
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