Re: Help Please!!

[William Bradley <bradleyw@magma.ca>]

On Tuesday 26 August 2003 12:08 am, you wrote:

> 1) Be in console mode, with gpm stopped (I don't use gpm myself, but
>    I'd guess '/etc/init.d/gpm stop' as root should stop it)
> 2) Do the 'cat /dev/psaux' trick to make sure the hardware's working
> 3) Take the mouse ball out, so you can move the little rollers that it
>    runs against with your finger
> 4) Issue the command: cat /dev/psaux > /tmp/mousedata &
>    - you'll get a number in square brackets and a longer number
>    without brackets
> 5) Move the mouse's horizontal roller with your finger, first one way
>    then the other
> 6) Move the mouse's vertical roller with your finger, first one way
>    then the other
> 7) Click the buttons twice each, in the order left, right, middle
> 8) Move the scroll wheel first one way then the other
> 9) Issue the command: echo -ne '\377' > /dev/psaux
> 10) Issue the command: echo -ne '\364' > /dev/psaux
> 11) Repeat steps 5 to 8
> 12) Kill the cat - kill <number> where <number> is the number
>     without the brackets from step 4 - you should get a 'Terminated'
> 	message
> 13) Email me the file /tmp/mousedata

Thank you for taking so much trouble Kent West got my playing with gmpconfig 
and when I got to "fuimps2" under type, the mouse moved. This was done with X 
completely shut down.

Best wishes,

Bill.

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