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Re: Newbie problem



Morgoth3@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 5/17/99 5:03:50 PM Central Daylight Time, 
> mblevin@mindspring.com writes:
> 
> > 1) What kind of mouse do you have?  (PS/2 or serial)
> 
> I have a Logitech Mouseman 3 button, on serial.
> >  2) What brand of mouse?
> Logitech
> >  3) What is the setting in XF86Config?  You can get this with:
> >  
> >     [prompt]$ grep -A 8 'Section "Pointer"' /etc/X11/XF86Config
> 
> Protocol "Mouseman"
> Device "/dev/mouse"
> >  
> >  4) What do you have for /dev/mouse?
> >  
> >     [prompt]$ ls -l /dev/mouse
> 
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root  root   /dev/mouse -> ttyS0
> >  
> >  5) Does your mouse work in console mode?  Is gpm installed?
> 
> gpm is installed, but I don't know how to use it in console mode...i'm still 
> a newbie :)
> >  
> >  Answer those and we can probably track down your problem.
> >  
> >  -Mitch
> 
> I hope this helps you help me :)

Good.  Now check the permissions on your serial port.

 [prompt]$ ls -l /dev/ttyS0

and the settings for the serial port.

 [prompt]$ setserial -gv /dev/ttyS0

-Mitch


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