Re: mouse refuses to configure!

[Joshua N Pritikin <joshua.pritikin@db.com>]

On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 03:33:20PM +0000, hazelsct@mit.edu wrote:
> Joshua N Pritikin wrote:
> > + The mouse hardware and cables are okay because the mouse works fine in
> > Windows 95.
> >
> > + I suspected gpm so I disabled it with "gpm -k" and removed the startup
> > file from /etc/rc6.d.
> 
> Does the mouse work in GPM?  Did you try gpmconfig in a console?  That might help
> identify the device and protocol
> 
> > + I tried /dev/ttyS0-ttyS4 and some other random devices.  /dev/mouse
> > is symlink'd to /dev/ttyS0.
> 
> Did you try /dev/psaux with mouse type PS2?

That was the problem.  As soon as I tried /dev/psaux, the mouse started
working.

Thanks!

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