Re: mouse not working in x

["Matthias Mann" <Matman@gmx.li>]

Do You have a serial or a PS/2 mouse? Some poeple told me that X mouse
driver with gpm is not possible by using a PS/2 mouse. Or be they all
mistaken?

Matthias

----- Original Message -----
From: Walter Tautz <wtautz@math.uwaterloo.ca>
To: Matthias Mann <Matman@gmx.li>
Cc: <redwards@arkansas.net>; <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 5:07 PM
Subject: Re: mouse not working in x


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bob Edwards <redwards@arkansas.net>
> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 12:51 AM
> Subject: mouse not working in x
>
>
> >
> > Greetings!
> >
> > Thanks to a kind reply from an earlier question,
> > I now have a running xserver, but I have a different problem.
> > The mouse doesn't work in x.
> >
> > I suspect that i have the mouse set up
> > wrong in X. Question:
> >
> > (1) How can I find out which port linux
> > recognizes my mouse at ?
> >
> > info:
> >
> > PS/2 mouse
> > mouse is on IRQ 12 (according to windows)
> > startup messages state PS/2 port recognized
> > mouse works in windows
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Bob Edwards
> > redwards@arkansas.net
> >
> >
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> Do you have installed gpm, the consolse mouse driver? Then remove gpm or
> kill it with gpm -k before starting X cause the X mouse driver can´t work
if
> gpm is running.
>
> Matthias


I have gpm running while X runs, and I don't think it makes any difference?
Most likely
your mouse protocol in XF86Config file has been misconfigured.


-walter


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