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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