If it works in win95 and you see mouse cursor like you say, I suspect whoever configured you X picked the wrong mouse device. Check your X86config file. I belive it's in /etc/X11 . Also make sure you indeed have a serial mouse. Win95 is capable of detecting PS2, BUS and serial mice. LINUX X must be told what you have. And what device to use to access it.
Chuma Larry Gariepy wrote: > Hello. > I am mailing a message that I posted earlier on the newsgroup because a > friend of mine informed me that many people subscribe to the list but do > not check the newsgroup that often. > ------------------------------------- > I am a new Debian user. With a great deal of help from a friend (read: > he installed and debugged it for me), I now have Debian Linux 1.3.1 on > my Pentium 233. It is set up as a dual boot machine, with Win95. > > My problem is that X Windows doesn't seem to recognize my mouse, though > it works under Win95, and you even get a mouse cursor when logged in to > a vt100 terminal. The mouse is just a standard Microsoft serial mouse. > > If anyone has had this problem, or even if you haven't and know how to > fix it, any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Larry Gariepy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ps. I have two friends who are Debian gurus, and they were unable to > diagnose the problem (other than to recommend buying a new mouse!), so > it leads me to believe this problem is non-trivial. > ------------------------------------ > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
