..booooo, should be: Dead rodent, was: Help Please!!
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 15:28:57 -0400,
William Bradley <bradleyw@magma.ca> wrote in message
<[🔎] 200308241528.57415.bradleyw@magma.ca>:
> I have installed Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 rl "Woody" Official i386. The
> installation is not as graphic as some but it got the job done without
> a lot of trouble, except for one item. The mouse did not work. It is
> an off the shelf Logitech PS/2 mouse with a wheel. There is nothing
> wrong with the mouse, I tested it on the Windows, which will dual boot
> on the same machine.
>
> This is the first time I have not been able to get a common or garden
> variety mouse to work on a linux OS and I have installed a whole
> variety of them over the years. Two members of this list have been
> very kind with their help but the problem is still there.
>
> Following is my XF86Config-4 set up for the mouse:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
..use "/dev/gpmdata"...(or was it gpm-data?)...
> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> End Section
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> [... more blah ...]
> InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "CorePointer"
> [... more blah ...]
> EndSection
>
> gpm was installed by me but has since been removed. The result either
> way was the same.
>
> If I enter at the command line: cat /dev/psaux <enter> then move the
> mouse, it will write garbage to the screen with the movement of the
> mouse.
>
> Any help would be appreciated,
...then [ctrl]+[alt]+[F3] and try get gpm working.
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