Re: XF86 and mouse (and maybe other things)

[cls--colo spgs <pplaw@pcisys.net>]

Cam Ellison wrote:
> 
> I have played around at getting Linux up and running, and so far seem
> to have things doing reasonably well, at least at the command line.
> I'm now trying to set up XFree86, and am having problems with the
> configuration.  It cannot detect my mouse (I have a Glidepoint) at all,
> which may explain the failure of X Window to start.  I get error 111,
> it that's any help. 

[snip]

> How do I set up the mouse so it will work?
> 
> I know enough so far to get into trouble, but not enough to get out of
> it.  <;-)
> 
> TIA
> 
> Cam
> 
> Cam Ellison, Ph.D., R.Psych.
> 
> cam_ellison@uniserve.com  or cam@fleuryassociates.com
> 
> >From the lovely Sunshine Coast, where it only SEEMS to rain.
> 
> 
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hello cam,

1) have you had any luck specifying the mouse device
as:

/dev/psaux

2) have you had any luck specifying the mouse protocol
as:

ps/2 


hth.

bentley taylor

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