On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 03:02:23PM -0500, Rowland Darbin wrote:
I installed XFree86 -configure and it tells me that it can't find my mouse.
So I installed gpm. When gpm is running and I move around the mouse, I
don't get a curser, I get a white line on the top of the screen and a bunch
of new lines as if I kept hitting enter. I replaced the mouse with another
PS2 mouse and got the same result it is a MS IntelliMouse. I am using the
kernel that came with the default 1.44 floppy install v3.0.
Any suggestions, questions, comments, or rude remarks would be very helpful.
1. stuff gpm [theres the rude remark]
2. I wouldnt bother with an X configure program either, just vim /etc/X11/XFree86-4
In the configured mouse section make sure device is /dev/psaux
3. make sure you kill gpm before starting X unless you set X to read
/dev/gpmdata.