Re: Mouse not responding in Woody

[dooshiant <dooshiant@gmx.net>]

The mouse was not working in GPM, so I removed the package and 
reconfigured X. Actually, its a PS/2 mouse with a serial adapter. I've now 
removed the PS/2-to-serial adapter and using it as /dev/psaux.

tried 'cat /dev/psaux' and the mouse did spew out some characters on the 
screen, but it still doesn't respond in X (it's XF86v4 - which comes in 
Woody).

Any clues?

Cheers,

dooshiant


Karsten M. Self wrote:

> on Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 07:18:08AM +0000, dooshiant (dooshiant@gmx.net) wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a Logitech Serial Mouse which I can't get to work in Woody.
> > When X starts, the cursor stops responding for a few seconds.
> > At first I thought it was a gpm issue; removed gpm and reconfiguring X.
> > But I still get the same problem.
> >
> > Any help/advice would be much appreciated.
>
> Was the mouse working under GPM?
>
> What's your selected mouse configuration under X?
>
> Which version of XFree86?
>
>
> First:  can you read the raw device?  As root:
>
>     $ cat /dev/ttyS0 	# (or /dev/ttyS1 or appropriate port)
>     < wiggle mouse.  You should get screen junk >
>     ^D 			# to quit
>
> If this isn't working, you've got deeper problems.
>
>
>
> Under XF86v3, the XF86Setup utility was pretty good for walking through
> mouse configs.   I've only just used xf86cfg, and found that the mouse
> configs I tried didn't apply interactively, and I did a lot of editing
> configs and launching second X sessions to test settings.
>
> Peace.