Please start a new thread instead of replying to an existing one. On 0, Michael Burke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > The mouse is a LogiTech model with only 2 buttons. I have seen several > references to pull-down menus used to select the mouse type, but I have > failed to find any of these.
So the required driver is probably logitech.
> In my research I have found many references to mouse/pointer configuration
> problems. One test that was suggested was to test the hardware from a
> console window. A "cat /dev/ttyS0" did nothing as I moved the mouse. A "cat
> /dev/psaux" echoed characters on the screen in reaction to mouse movements.
> I assumed that meant the hardware was working an the correct device is
> /dev/psaux.
So it's a ps2 mouse.
> Several people have mentioned in other helpful posts that the file
> XF86Config-4 needs to be changed. Currently, the configuration is as
> follows:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
^^^^^^
This setting is probably causing you grief. You need either 'PS/2' or
'Logitech' (I think that is the name of the logitech driver, someone
correct me if I'm wrong). Try these settings and see if that helps.
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
> # Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
[snip]
> Several people have indicated that the solution for a problem like mine is
> to be had via:
>
> "make your mouse device in XF86Config-4 /dev/gpmdata, and in /etc/gpm.conf
> make sure that repeat_type=raw"
>
> This is all very well, except, I have no idea what gpm is or where to find
> it. I do have gDm running and I have even created a file /etc/gdm.conf but
> that does not solve my problem. There is no process called gpm running on
> the system, although there is a process called gdm.
GPM is the console mouse driver. If you want to be able to use a
mouse on the console, then you need to have it running. If you do
not, then you don't. It's probably better to not have it running if
you don't use it.
GDM and GPM are completely different things; GDM is the Gnome Display
Manager - it is what presents you with a spiffy login screen instead
of the boring old console one. When people say /etc/gpm.conf they
mean /etc/gpm.conf, not /etc/gdm.conf.
Anyway, its sounds like:
* You have a logitech PS/2 mouse.
* You don't have or need GPM running.
* You should try fiddling with the Protocol setting in XF86Config-4 to
see if you can find one that works with your mouse. There are lists
of valid settings on the web, but I don't have a browser handy just
now to find one.
Tom
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