Re: PS/2 mouse problems
Hmm, I think I'll try to boot with
2.2.9 and see if my PS/2 mous will work.
If it does, then it really might
be a bug that should be reported to
the kernel people. I'd really like to
get it to work because I'm running
out of serial ports. :-)
Igor
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On Mon, 9 Jul 2001 02:58:45
zerog wrote:
>dude I have the same problem with mine. Except I am running 2.4.6 with an
>abit motherboard, It has something to do with some incompatability because I
>am also running kernel 2.2.9 in a dual boot and it works fine there. And
>both kernels have the same options for the mouse.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Khavkine Igor" <k_igor_k@lycos.com>
>To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
>Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 10:14 PM
>Subject: PS/2 mouse problems
>
>
>> I have an Asus P5A motherboard and I'm
>> running Linux-2.4.5, custom compiled.
>>
>> I have a problem using my PS/2 mouse port.
>> I have enabled PS/2 mouse support in
>> the kernel. I get this message
>> when the computer boots up:
>> ...
>> Starting kswapd v1.8
>> Detected PS/2 Mouse Port. <---
>> pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
>> ...
>> However when I try to use the mouse
>> with gpm or X, it just doesn't work!
>> (I've tried protocols, PS/2 and microsoft).
>> I've noticed that /proc/interrupts
>> does not contain a line for interrupt
>> 12, which is supposed to be reserved for
>> PS/2. I think this could be a symptom
>> of something, but I don't know what.
>>
>> I've tried disabling and enabling
>> PS/2 support from the BIOS, but neither
>> option has any effect.
>>
>> If anyone could shed some light on this
>> situation or offer any advice, they'd
>> be more then welcome.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Igor
>>
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