Re: Linux and PS/2

["Brendan O'Brien" <bobrien@99main.com>]

Phil--

Thanks for the note.  Indeed I did try your suggestion and received the
error message:

"can't locate module psaux"

If indeed the PS/2 port is not enabled how do I go about doing this?  Also,
how does one determine which kernel of Debian I'm using?  When the computer
boots up it gives me SYSLINUX 1.42.  Was I hoodwinked into buying an old
distribution by less than honest computer software resellers.  (OK, so I
mostly bought it for the book but it also made it easy to get the program to
install.  I don't have easy access to a CD burner to get the image files off
the net and onto my unnetworked desktop running Linux).


Thanks again,


Brendan


----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Brutsche <pbrutsch@creighton.edu>
To: Brendan O'Brien <bobrien@99main.com>
Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>; <recipient list not shown: ;>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 6:44 PM
Subject: 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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