Re: Mouse on console

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Deboo Geek wrote:

>On 4/30/05, Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
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>>Deboo Geek wrote:
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>>>My mouse works fine under X, as a 2 button mouse. It has a trackball
>>>which  doesn't work, whichever mouse I select. IT is a cheap mouse. I
>>>have tried using many protocols to make it work under gpm but failed.
>>>Is there a way to make it work, atleast as a 2 button mouse on
>>>console?
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>>If serial (PS/2), do you get garbage when you type "cat /dev/ttySx"
>>(where x=0-3, or "cat /dev/psaux" for PS2) and move the mouse?
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>It's a Serial mouse attached to Com 1 or ttyS0 and yes, I do get
>garbage when moving the mouse on console, doing a cat /dev/ttyS0.
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Okay, this means the device file is working, and the system "sees" your
mouse. That's good.

>I mean instead of the middle button it has a ball, which you use to
>move the page up and down in apps. Srry, it's called the wheel.
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Ah, okay; now that makes sense.

>I just reconfigured but even doing a /etc/init.d/gpm start gives no
>output nor does the mouse cursor show up on console.  Doing a ps
>-ef|grep gpm shws nothing either.
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What's the content of /etc/gpm.conf?

You are doing this outside of X, right? Not just in a terminal window
from within X?

(CC:ing this to you, as I vaguely remember you asking such, although I
could be confusing you with someone else, so sorry if I'm
inappropriately CC:ing you.)

-- 
Kent