Re: Frozen mouse pointer in X -GOT ROUND
On 07 Oct 2005, Jan T. Kim wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 08:33:04AM +0000, Florian Dorpmueller wrote:
> > > Section "InputDevice"
> > > Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> > > Driver "mouse"
> > > Option "CorePointer"
> > > Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
> > > Option "Protocol" "Microsoft"
> > > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> > >EndSection
> >
> > Sure that your mouse is plugged at /dev/ttySx ? Have you tried
> > "/dev/input/mice", "/dev/psaux" or simply "/dev/mouse"?
>
> An easy way to find out whether a device indeed gets the mouse input
> is to use hexdump: If running
>
> hexdump /dev/ttyS0
>
> and then moving the mouse gives you a stream of hex digits, then you've
> got the right device. If nothing happens, then there's little reason to
> expect any response by X's mouse cursor...
>
> Best regards, Jan
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>
Thanks to both for replies. I'll look into it further. Meanwhile I got
hold of a PS2 mouse and that is working so the immediate problem is
solved.
Anthony
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