Re: A mouse Q..
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:56:30PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 01:05:40PM -0400, Wayne wrote:
> > Hi,
> > To install Debian , for the first time, I used
> > the CD from the book "Debian GNU/Linux Bible"
> > When I assign my mouse protocol PS/2 and selected
> > the /dev/psaux with Emulate3Button my systems
> > hangs. I have to reboot. If I use Microsoft and
> > /dev/ttyS01 it works. When I boot my system,
>
> That suggests that the mouse is connected to the serial port, not the
> ps2 port. Sure enough it shouldn't work with /dev/psaux then.
> Or did you mean to say that you tried it both with a ps2 mouse
> and with a different serial mouse?
>
> But to hang your whole machine? Perhaps it is just Xwindows that
> freezes (maybe only for a minute or so).
>
> There were some ps2 keyboard problems with kernels below 2.2.19
> IIRC, so it would be worth a try to install a newer kernel than
> the one that came with the installer (2.2.17?)
>
> > I see that my port PS/2 is recognize. Does anyone
>
> You probably mean that the kernel prints a message at boot time,
> indicated that it found the ps2 port controller chip in your
> system and that it activated a driver for it. Maybe there
> is a bug in the kernel, maybe it is in your cabling. Impossible
> to tell from your data.
>
I agree, I've had some problems with the PS/2 port on my system, in that I have a PS/2 controller on my board, but no external port, so every time I try to set up my mouse it automatically tries to configure the PS/2 port (Which has been quite often of late as I'm rather new to all this). So yes... Be afraid... (I'm sorry, I couldn't think of anything else to say)
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