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Jack Grigg wrote:
I'm installing release 2.2 r2
and I'm having trouble getting my mouse to work in the
X windows system.
It is a microsoft mouse, connected to the COM1 serial port. I have
editted the "/etc/X11/XF86Config" file with the "microsoft" protocol,
and port "/dev/ttys0".
when I run startx it goes through the startup (svga16) the screen
blanks, and then it halts with a message similar to "mouse error:could
not open mouse (input/ouput)".
If you're not running gpm (the non-X console mouse driver), the most
likely problem is that you need the port to be "/dev/ttyS0", not
"/dev/ttys0".
If you're not sure if you're running gpm, do a
"ps ax | grep gpm"
like so:
westek[westk]:/home/westk> ps ax |grep gpm
179 ? S 1:33 /usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/psaux -t imps2 -Rraw
18613 pts/1 S 0:00 grep gpm
If you see just the "grep gpm" line, you're not running gpm.
If you're running gpm, does the mouse work in the text console?
If that's the case, it's a bit more complicated, but I won't go into it
until you provide more info.
Hope this helps.
Kent
