Re: Mouse

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Andreas Janssen wrote:

> Hallo
>
> Mark (<markluxton@auracom.com>) wrote:
>  
>
> > The problem is that my mouse doesn't work. It is attached to serial
> > port (com) 1. During the installation I selected something like tty0?
> > as the port, not knowing if it was correct. Obviously it was not.
> >    
>
> The correct entry is /dev/ttyS0 for COM1, and /dev/ttyS1 for COM2. Use
>
> #dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
>
>  
Andreas' suggestion to use this command is much preferable than the 
suggestion I made in my previous posting to edit the 
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file directly, for at least two reasons:
1) editing the file directly breaks debconf's control of the file
2) dpkg-reconfigure gives you a pick-and-choose method of choosing the 
protocol


> to change the settings. Also make sure to choose the right protocol.
> Microsoft should work with most serial mice. You won't need a mouse to
> configure the settings, a keyboard will be sufficient. Open a console
> window after logging in, or switch to a virtual console using 
> CTRL+ALT+F1.

Oh, I meant to mention, if you need to move around in X, even though you 
don't have a mouse, you can press LeftShift-NumLock (assuming you have a 
separate numeric keypad), and then use the 7,8,9,4,6,1,2,3 keys to move 
the mouse pointer around; the 5 is a mouse click. / sets the 5 to do a 
left-click; * sets the 5 to do a middle-click, and - sets the 5 to do a 
right-click. LeftShift-NumLock again will turn off the cursor control.

--
Kent