Which revision of the serial mouse is it? If it is a 2.1a MS Mouse, there is a problem with it and the newest versions of X. They are incompatible. I had to send back 15 MS mice and have my hardware supplier dig up 2.0 revisions of the mouse. I believe there is more info about it over at xfree86.org
Timm Gleason Hardware Engineer On Wed, 29 Oct 1997 15:49:45 -0500 (EST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (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] . > > ************************************************************************** "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rich Cook ************************************************************************** Timm Gleason -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://n2h2.com/ N2H2, Creators of Bess -- 1301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1501--Seattle, WA 98101 ************************************************************************** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
