RE: Mouse Problems with KVM Switch

2006-09-25 Thread Seth Goodman
On Sunday, September 24, 2006 11:38 AM -0500, aladdin wrote: > Yeah, I've tried that. In fact, every so often, I try it again > (you know the definition of insanity- trying the same thing over > and over again and thinking you'll get a different result;-). In > my case, it doesn't work. What i

Re: Mouse Problems with KVM Switch

2006-09-24 Thread aladdin
On Sunday 24 September 2006 11:02, Michael Dominok wrote: > Am Samstag, den 23.09.2006, 09:29 -0400 schrieb aladdin: > > The one I have is a Belkin. The one thing I haven't done is to try > > restarting X when it > > happens, simply because I haven't gotten around to looking up the > > startup/s

Re: Mouse Problems with KVM Switch

2006-09-24 Thread Michael Dominok
Am Samstag, den 23.09.2006, 09:29 -0400 schrieb aladdin: > The one I have is a Belkin. The one thing I haven't done is to try > restarting X when it > happens, simply because I haven't gotten around to looking up the > startup/shutdown > script, but this is almost as bad as rebooting. I found o

Re: Mouse Problems with KVM Switch

2006-09-23 Thread aladdin
On Friday 22 September 2006 23:19, David Christensen wrote: > aladdin wrote: > > Has anyone found a solution (besides a capacitor connected > > across the mouse leads) to the problem of the mouse going > > bonkers when you switch a KVM between windows and linux? > > A modern electronic KVM switch

RE: Mouse Problems with KVM Switch

2006-09-22 Thread David Christensen
aladdin wrote: > Has anyone found a solution (besides a capacitor connected > across the mouse leads) to the problem of the mouse going > bonkers when you switch a KVM between windows and linux? A modern electronic KVM switch with appropriate cables shouldn't need any external circuitry if everyth

Re: Mouse Problems with KVM Switch

2006-09-22 Thread Jeff
aladdin wrote: On Friday 22 September 2006 20:55, Jeff wrote: aladdin wrote: Has anyone found a solution (besides a capacitor connected across the mouse leads) to the problem of the mouse going bonkers when you switch a KVM between windows and linux? I've read a lot of the archives where certa

Re: Mouse Problems with KVM Switch

2006-09-22 Thread aladdin
On Friday 22 September 2006 20:55, Jeff wrote: > aladdin wrote: > > Has anyone found a solution (besides a capacitor connected > > across the mouse leads) to the problem of the mouse going > > bonkers when you switch a KVM between windows and linux? > > > > I've read a lot of the archives where ce

Re: Mouse Problems with KVM Switch

2006-09-22 Thread Jeff
aladdin wrote: Has anyone found a solution (besides a capacitor connected across the mouse leads) to the problem of the mouse going bonkers when you switch a KVM between windows and linux? I've read a lot of the archives where certain mice/KVMs exhibit this problem and my mouse/KVM does it. No

Re: Mouse Problems with KVM Switch

2006-09-22 Thread Ishwar Rattan
The solutions I have found: 1. remove and reinsert the mouse 2. replace with other KVM switch 3. if you have two monitors, use synergy software 4. lastly stay with windows as you have pointed put below HTH, -ishwar On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, aladdin wrote: Has anyone found a solution (besides a capa

Re: Mouse problems

2006-08-20 Thread Alan Chandler
On Sunday 20 August 2006 07:43, Osamu Aoki wrote: > If anyone is reruning to create initramfs, please do following: > (I am assuming few kernels to be there.) > > 1. Boot with older kernel (like 2.6.16 ones) > 2. Install latest unstable versions of packages > initramfs-tools 0.75 too

Re: Mouse problems

2006-08-20 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 10:28:01PM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: > On Saturday 19 August 2006 21:02, Georg Neis wrote: > > Alan Chandler wrote: > > > All of a sudden yesterday, probably after an update of unstable, my mouse > > > stopped working - such that xserver-xorg failed to start. > > > > > > I

Re: Mouse problems

2006-08-19 Thread Alan Chandler
On Saturday 19 August 2006 21:02, Georg Neis wrote: > Alan Chandler wrote: > > All of a sudden yesterday, probably after an update of unstable, my mouse > > stopped working - such that xserver-xorg failed to start. > > > > If I tried > > > > cat /dev/input/mice > > > > I get an error : No Such Devi

Re: Mouse problems

2006-08-19 Thread Georg Neis
Alan Chandler wrote: > All of a sudden yesterday, probably after an update of unstable, my mouse > stopped working - such that xserver-xorg failed to start. > > If I tried > > cat /dev/input/mice > > I get an error : No Such Device This sounds like bug 383555: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/b

Re: Mouse Problems

2003-08-24 Thread Pigeon
On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 11:44:55PM -0400, William Bradley wrote: > On Saturday 23 August 2003 08:06 pm, you wrote: I am posting this back to the list as the new symptoms you relate below are outside my experience. In general it is far better to post to the list than to contact individual members;

Re: Mouse Problems

2003-08-24 Thread Pigeon
On Sat, Aug 23, 2003 at 03:49:07PM -0400, William Bradley wrote: > Pigeon wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 06:10:00PM -0400, William Bradley wrote: > My reply on the news server was rejected by their moderation robot. Don't know > how the first one got there. I did sign up but... > > So I am re

Re: Mouse Problems

2003-08-23 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 06:10:00PM -0400, William Bradley wrote: > This particular machine is dualed with Windows 98, so I looked up the mouse > and though it is a Logitech mouse, Windows lists it as a PS/2 mouse. More detail, please. Specifically, w

Re: Mouse Problems

2003-08-22 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 06:10:00PM -0400, William Bradley wrote: > I have just installed Debian (the latest, I forget the number) and got it > going graphically with Window Maker. Can't get the mouse to work though. > It is installed on /dev/psaux and the pointer is on the screen but immobile. > Th

Re: Mouse Problems

2003-08-22 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 00:20:14 +0200, William Bradley wrote: > I have just installed Debian (the latest, I forget the number) and got > it going graphically with Window Maker. Can't get the mouse to work > though. It is installed on /dev/psaux That means you have a PS/2 mouse? > and the pointer is

Re: Mouse Problems On Install

2002-09-16 Thread Geoff Crompton
G'day, It sounds like when you are running X-Windows, and you move the mouse, absolutely nothing happens. Is this correct? If this isn't correct (and the mouse moves, but not where you want it) then you need to try different values for the Option "Protocol" in the XF86Config-4 file. Re

Re: Mouse Problems On Install

2002-09-16 Thread Donald R. Spoon
Michael Burke wrote: > I am brand new to Debian and spent the weekend trying to get it to work. > > -SNIP- < > 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" >

Re: Mouse Problems On Install

2002-09-16 Thread Tom Cook
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 the

Re: Mouse Problems in X

2002-09-02 Thread Nick Hastings
Howdy Travis, * Travis Troyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020903 16:14]: > Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I followed what Nick Hastings > suggested, and found that when I tried to modprobe usbcore, hid, input, > or > mousedev, that it said they couldn't be located. I also tried uname -a, >

RE: Mouse Problems in X

2002-09-02 Thread Travis Troyer
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I followed what Nick Hastings suggested, and found that when I tried to modprobe usbcore, hid, input, or mousedev, that it said they couldn't be located. I also tried uname -a, and got: 2.2.20-idepci #1 Being a newbie, I went to dselect to look for th

Re: Mouse Problems in X

2002-09-02 Thread Kent West
Travis Troyer wrote: >I have a Logitech 2 button optical USB mouse, with a wheel, and I cannot >get it to work properly in x. If I move the mouse around, the cursor >goes to the top-left corner, and bounces around that area. I have tried >different protocols, such as Microsoft and IMPS/2, and t

Re: Mouse Problems in X

2002-09-02 Thread Geoff Crompton
On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 12:10:10AM -0400, Travis Troyer wrote: > I have a Logitech 2 button optical USB mouse, with a wheel, and I cannot > get it to work properly in x. If I move the mouse around, the cursor > goes to the top-left corner, and bounces around that area. I have tried > different p

Re: Mouse Problems in X

2002-09-02 Thread Nick Hastings
Hi, * Travis Troyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020903 14:11]: > I have a Logitech 2 button optical USB mouse, with a wheel, and I cannot > get it to work properly in x. If I move the mouse around, the cursor > goes to the top-left corner, and bounces around that area. I have tried > different protoco

Re: Mouse Problems in X

2002-09-02 Thread Russell
Travis Troyer wrote: > > I have a Logitech 2 button optical USB mouse, with a wheel, and I cannot > get it to work properly in x. If I move the mouse around, the cursor > goes to the top-left corner, and bounces around that area. I have tried > different protocols, such as Microsoft and IMPS/2,

Re: mouse problems after switching to Woody

2002-02-27 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 03:20:41PM -0500, Stephen Ryan wrote: ... > Well, without knowing exactly what your problem is, most of the fixes > have been the same - remove gpm because it gets in the way (having both > X and gpm trying to access the mouse simultaneously is bad karma) and Well, this was

RE: mouse problems after switching to Woody

2002-02-27 Thread Richard Wurdack
f, "it's a process, not an end...") Richard Wurdack -Original Message- From: Stephen Ryan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 12:21 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject:Re: mouse problems after switching to Woody On Wed, 2002-02-27 at

Re: mouse problems after switching to Woody

2002-02-27 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* sam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > Rather than go into a lot of detail on my problems, I would prefer to get > a reliable reference to a comprehensive discussion about the installation > and trouble shooting of mice. I am currently using Woody (Debian 3.0), a > ps/2 modem, AMD 500 Mhz cp

Re: mouse problems after switching to Woody

2002-02-27 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 14:52, sam wrote: > > Rather than go into a lot of detail on my problems, I would prefer to get > a reliable reference to a comprehensive discussion about the installation > and trouble shooting of mice. I am currently using Woody (Debian 3.0), a > ps/2 modem, AMD 500 Mhz cp

Re: mouse problems using x

2001-12-03 Thread Timo Boewing
Hello Isidor, from experience, please check for these reasons/try this: a) try to use ImPS/2 protocol in X config b) check if gpm is running (general purpose mouse, e.g. for console) typically, i could isolate these two reasons for the symptoms you mentioned.. hope that helps, Timo

Re: mouse problems in KDE

2001-10-06 Thread Stephan Hachinger
>On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 01:16:17AM -0400, tim wrote: >> I am not sure where this problem lies. The mouse seems to work fine >> from the console. It also seems to work fine at the kde login screen, >> but once kde loads I can not move the mouse smoothing, it mouse jumps >> all over the place and

Re: mouse problems in KDE

2001-10-06 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 01:16:17AM -0400, tim wrote: > I am not sure where this problem lies. The mouse seems to work fine > from the console. It also seems to work fine at the kde login screen, > but once kde loads I can not move the mouse smoothing, it mouse jumps > all over the place and adds

Re: Mouse Problems in Debian 2.2r main

2001-09-13 Thread Timeboy
On Thursday Sep 13 10:37 Mike Maciel wrote: > ** Hello. > ** > ** Sorry, I don't speak english very well. > ** > ** I'm a brazilian debian user, and I am with some problems in my mouse > ** configuration. A message has been displayed that not have been possible a > ** connection with mouse serv

Re: Mouse Problems in Debian 2.2r main

2001-09-13 Thread Helmut Trinkl
On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 05:37:45AM -0300, Mike Maciel wrote: > Hello. > > Sorry, I don't speak english very well. > > I'm a brazilian debian user, and I am with some problems in my mouse > configuration. A message has been displayed that not have been possible a > connection with mouse server. Pl

Re: Mouse problems after upgrading to Woody (X4)

2001-09-09 Thread Sean Quinlan
* Daniel de los Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-09-09 19:50): > That's exactly the way it is... > I went through all the trouble to get it to work with X 3.3 to find that > it doesn't seem to work the same way with X 4 It should work the same way with X3 as it does with X4. I have used gpm with b

Re: Mouse problems after upgrading to Woody (X4)

2001-09-09 Thread Daniel de los Reyes
El Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 07:32:22PM +0100, Sean Quinlan dijo: -| * Daniel de los Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-09-09 18:40): -| > El Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 12:02:35PM -0500, ktb dijo: -| > -| On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 06:44:23PM +0200, Daniel de los Reyes wrote: -| > -| Shut down gpm and see if your m

Re: Mouse problems after upgrading to Woody (X4)

2001-09-09 Thread Sean Quinlan
* Daniel de los Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2001-09-09 18:40): > El Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 12:02:35PM -0500, ktb dijo: > -| On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 06:44:23PM +0200, Daniel de los Reyes wrote: > -| Shut down gpm and see if your mouse works. > -| # /etc/init.d/gpm stop > -| > -| You might have to poin

Re: Mouse problems after upgrading to Woody (X4)

2001-09-09 Thread ktb
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 07:28:08PM +0200, Daniel de los Reyes wrote: > El Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 12:02:35PM -0500, ktb dijo: > -| On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 06:44:23PM +0200, Daniel de los Reyes wrote: > -| > > -| > -- > -| > __ > -| > Daniel de los Reyes > -| > S2-Desarrol

Re: Mouse problems after upgrading to Woody (X4)

2001-09-09 Thread Daniel de los Reyes
El Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 12:02:35PM -0500, ktb dijo: -| On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 06:44:23PM +0200, Daniel de los Reyes wrote: -| > -| > -- -| > __ -| > Daniel de los Reyes -| > S2-Desarrollo, Grupo S2 -| > Valencia Spain -| > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -| > Powered by Deb

Re: Mouse problems after upgrading to Woody (X4)

2001-09-09 Thread ktb
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 06:44:23PM +0200, Daniel de los Reyes wrote: > > -- > __ > Daniel de los Reyes > S2-Desarrollo, Grupo S2 > Valencia Spain > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Powered by Debian GNU-Linux 2.2r3 > __ > Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 1

Re: Mouse problems on X (intellieye)

2001-03-24 Thread jennyw
Thanks! It turned out to be a combination of my gpm settings (I'm still not sure what gpm really is) and the XF86Config settings. Currently, I'm using -m /dev/psaux -t pnp -r ms3 for gpm and using the ps/2 protocol in XF86Config. Don't know why it works, but it does ... Thanks! Jen --- Jaso

Re: Mouse problems on X (intellieye)

2001-03-24 Thread Jason Majors
Try using the protocol "IMPS/2". And disable 3 button emulation, you only need that if you want simultaneous left and right clicks to be a middle click...your mouse wheel is your true third button. That should fix you. On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 10:36:50AM -0800, jennyw scribbled... > I'm using an Mic

Re: Mouse problems on X (intellieye)

2001-03-24 Thread Jonathan D. Proulx
Hi, Try XF86Setup this config utility allows you to tweeak the device settings and see the results (there are ofcourse many key bindings for when you completely disable the mouse). -Jon

Re: mouse problems in 'X'

2000-11-19 Thread Virginie-ML
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 10:35:53PM -0700, Ray Percival wrote: > What kind of mouse is it? Is it by chance an Intellimouse? No, a cordless logitech, but I don't think that configuration parameters are really differents (PS/2 - 3 buttons) gpm and mouse don't seem to work very fine together... -

Re: mouse problems in 'X'

2000-11-15 Thread Ray Percival
What kind of mouse is it? Is it by chance an Intellimouse? -- Original Message -- From: Virginie-ML <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 23:04:31 +0100 >On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 01:31:51PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I looked in the archives and

Re: mouse problems in 'X'

2000-11-15 Thread Virginie-ML
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 01:31:51PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I looked in the archives and couldn't find the answer to my question. It > is probably there but I just can't get the search string right. Anyway > I've just installed Potato. The mouse works with gpm. The mouse doesn't > work

Re: mouse problems in 'X'

2000-11-15 Thread Jay Ford
On Wed, 15 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I looked in the archives and couldn't find the answer to my question. It > is probably there but I just can't get the search string right. Anyway > I've just installed Potato. The mouse works with gpm. The mouse doesn't > work using fvwm. If I move

Re: Mouse problems in X.

2000-08-26 Thread Daniel E. Baumann
On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, luke b wrote: > I am having problems with my Logitech PS2 mouse in X. GPM is set to use > /dev/psaux for the mouse and it works perfectly. In X, I set the mouse to > use /dev/psaux as well. I can move the mouse, but it moves really fast at > the very bottom of the screen

Re: Mouse problems in X.

2000-08-26 Thread luke b
This fixed it. Thank you. luke From: Moritz Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Mouse problems in X. Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 01:33:54 +0200 On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 05:04:57PM -0500, luke b wrote: > I am having problems with my Logitech PS2 m

Re: Mouse problems in X.

2000-08-26 Thread s. keeling
On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 05:04:57PM -0500, luke b wrote: > I am having problems with my Logitech PS2 mouse in X. GPM is set to use > /dev/psaux for the mouse and it works perfectly. In X, I set the mouse to > use /dev/psaux as well. I can move the mouse, but it moves really fast at > the very

Re: Mouse problems in X.

2000-08-26 Thread Moritz Schulte
On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 05:04:57PM -0500, luke b wrote: > I am having problems with my Logitech PS2 mouse in X. GPM is set to use > /dev/psaux for the mouse and it works perfectly. In X, I set the mouse to > use /dev/psaux as well. I can move the mouse, but it moves really fast at > the very

Re: mouse problems

2000-07-08 Thread Philip O'Sullivan
On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 04:29:10PM -0400, Jacob I. Stowell wrote: > i was wondering if someone could help me get a scrolling mouse to > function properly. i read some various suggestions on how to get such a > device to work in x which suggest that it is important to make changes > in the XF86Conf

Re: mouse problems W/ Corel linux

1999-11-21 Thread Darren O. Benham
In linux.debian.user, you wrote: >I cannot get my serial mouse to work on Corel. I had no problem with >Calderaa OL 2.2, 2.3 and RH 5.2 & 6.0. > >gpm starts at boot and I am getting no error messages. I looked in >/etc for x11 and did not find it. Does debian put this file somewhere >else?

Re: Mouse problems

1999-05-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Sat, May 15, 1999 at 03:51:25PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i'm trying to run X Windows, but it appears I never installed my mouse. Is > there any way to do this once I'm past the initial setup? I really don't > want to reinstall the entire thing, because I'm doing it off floppies. I

Re: Mouse problems

1999-05-15 Thread Patrick Kirk
On Sat, May 15, 1999 at 03:51:25PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i'm trying to run X Windows, but it appears I never installed my mouse. Is > there any way to do this once I'm past the initial setup? I really don't > want to reinstall the entire thing, because I'm doing it off floppies. I

Re: Mouse Problems and xdm

1999-04-09 Thread Dinesh Nadarajah
I fixed the problem by stopping gpm. It was conflicting with my X mouse protocol. I simply removed it from/etc/init.d. -D --- On Fri, 09 Apr 1999 01:26:40 Martin Waller wrote: >I think you will need to recompile your kernel with the proper mouse support, >as the default kernel doesn't come w

Re: Mouse Problems and xdm

1999-04-09 Thread Martin Waller
I think you will need to recompile your kernel with the proper mouse support, as the default kernel doesn't come with ps/2 mouse support I believe (at least, that was the case when exactly the same thing happened to me!). Martin >mouse that plugs into my PS2 port (the one that has a S-Video jac

Re: Mouse Problems and xdm

1999-04-09 Thread surak
> Hi: > > I have a couple of problems and I would like to get an opinion from those > who might have an insite into these issues. > > I recently installed Debian 2.1 on my system. I have had Debian 2.0 > previously and wsa very happy with it but i decided to do a fresh install. > The installatio

Re: Mouse problems

1996-09-22 Thread Paul Christenson \[N3EOP\]
Scott Danzig wrote: > it registers as a PS/2 type mouse, using IRQ 12. > They all didn't work. Did you recompile the kernel with PS/2 mouse support? -- ++ | Technical Support Engineer, Cyclades Corporation | | 8

Re: Mouse problems

1996-09-22 Thread Tim Sailer
In your email to me, Scott Danzig, you wrote: > > Honestly, I'll end up getting a serial adapter for the mouse if > I can't get it working, but I was hoping not to have to. I own a > Dell Dimension XPS P90 system, with a Logitech mouse. I'm honestly > not sure whether it is a bus mouse or a PS/2