Re: Logitech Mouseman / X

[William Park <parkw@better.net>]

On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 10:55:59AM -0400, Fraser Campbell wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 08:47:48AM -0500, Brian Servis wrote:
> 
> > boot, 'Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.'
> 
> Yes, I see this on bootup and the mouse does work with gpm so I think the 
> problem is related to X only.
> 
> >     Protocol      "MouseMan"
> 
> Tried that and everything else I could find.  Someone suggested I try 
> MouseManPlusPS/2 but this had the same effect ... mouse jitters around the 
> screen and ends in top left corner.  
> 
> As an experiment I plugged on a Microsoft PS/2 mouse and this does the same as 
> the logitech ... left corner.
> 
> >     Device        "/dev/psaux"
> 
> Yes that's what I'm using.  I have noticed one thing though.  There is an error
> in X's startup messages:
> 
> /dev/mouse Unable to get status of mouse fd (Inappropriate ioctl for device)
> 
> I'm not sure why X is even looking for /dev/mouse since I tell it /dev/psaux
> so I removed /dev/mouse and linked it to /dev/psaux but still get the same
> error.
> 
> I will for now just use a serial mouse ... must get back to work :-(
> 
> Fraser

Try
    Protocol      "PS/2"
    Device        "/dev/psaux"  (or /dev/mouse if you link it)