Re: Serial Mouse problem

[Frank Zimmermann <F.Zimmermann@bham.ac.uk>]

Chris Everist wrote:

> Hi,
> I have installed Debian twice now and it does not seem to recognise my
> serial mouse.  It is a generic 3 button mouse with a Mouse
> Systems/Microsoft switch on the bottom and I have tried both settings.
> I have run xf86config from the promt and used XF86Setup from within
> Gnome and have no luck.
> I have tried all the possible device options I can think of
> (/dev/ttyS0-4, /dev/mouse) but nothing happens.
> I have checked in the /dev/ directory and cannot find a symbolic link to
> the mouse driver /dev/mouse.
> Do you have any idea what coule be causing this problem?
> Regards
> Chris Everist


Hi Chris,
you probably have gpm running wich sometimes causes trouble with the 
mouse under X. If gpm is running change the device to /dev/gpmdata 
and the mousetype to raw in your XF86Config file. that should do then,

Frank