Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] and Pigion,
On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 05:04:58PM +0000, Pigeon wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 10:27:09PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 07:16:57PM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote:
> > | This one time, at band camp, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> >
> > | > I an having weird things happen to my mouse on bootup, and through X.
> > | > Generic ps/2 mouse, windows type clone
> > | > I am trying different combinations of :
> > | > /dev/mouse
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
This is symlink usually. Where is it linked.
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jan 16 23:04 /dev/mouse -> gpmdata
> > | > /dev/psaux (used by gpm)
If you have gpm running, why do not you have /dev/gpmdata
srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jan 18 21:16 /dev/gpmctl
prw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 17 17:36 /dev/gpmdata
> > | > and different protocols
> > | > protocol PS/2
> > | > protocol mousesystems
> > | > protocol IntelliMouse (used with a different mouse than above two)
What is the content of /etc/gpm.conf ?
Which do you use for repeater protocol: ms3 or raw ?
If ms3 and reading from /dev/gpmdata, IntelliMouse
> > | > but the mouse if _still_ unstable. At the slightest touch it careers off
> > | > screen in some random direction, never to appear again, though upon
> > | > movement it squeals...
> > |
> > | This sounds like a wrong mouse protocol
> >
> > I agree here. Try different protocols until one works. You might
> > want to also unplug the mouse sometimes to "reset" it's internal
> > state.
>
> echo -n '\377' > /dev/psaux should reset the mouse.
Pigion, great info. Thanks. Where did you find this trick. Is there
similar for keyboad? Does thiis work for USB?
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