Re: Linux and PS/2
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> Hello--
>
>
> I would appreciate some help with the installation of my mouse. I'm
> trying to get my old 100MHz pentium up and running with Linux alone
> and I can't seem to get the mouse installed correctly. I know it
> still works because I had originally installed another version of
> Linux (Corel) and it worked fine with KDE. I went to the Debian
> distribution because Corel was just too big to run efficiently on my
> rickety old machine. Running xf86config and picking the PS/2 mouse
> just isn't doing the trick.
>
> Interestingly enough, I happened to read the XF86Config file before
> removing the Corel version and it didn't appear to be much, if any,
> different from the Debian version installed now.
>
> Please help me, won't you? My X has fallen and it can't get up!
The obvious question is: do you have PS/2 mouse support enabled in your
kernel? If you're using the 2.0 kernel, it's likely that you aren't
loading the driver for the PS/2 mouse. Try doing a 'modprobe psaux'
before you start X11.
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Phil Brutsche pbrutsch@creighton.edu
"There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the
universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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