If form console you do cat /dev/mouse and move the mouse what happens? If you
do not get random noise that is not your mouse device. Also in your XF86Config
file what does it have for the protocol? Also do you have GPM running and what
branch of Debian are you using?
On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 08:
I think it could use some clarification that one has suggested
installing gpm and someone else has stated that "gpm can cause
problems". I hope I can make things clearer without just adding to the
noise...
(Start by reading Joost's message regarding mouse hardware.)
When you say your mouse isn't
Chris Everist wrote:
Hi,
I have installed Debian twice now and it does not seem to recognise my
serial mouse. It is a generic 3 button mouse with a Mouse
Systems/Microsoft switch on the bottom and I have tried both settings.
I have run xf86config from the promt and used XF86Setup from within
Gn
On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 12:05:53PM +1000, Chris Everist wrote:
> I have tried all the possible device options I can think of
> (/dev/ttyS0-4, /dev/mouse) but nothing happens.
Those are not "device options", they're symbolic devices managed by
the kernel and that correspond to some physical periphe
There is no need for /dev/mouse to exist. Are you shure you are
connected to a serial port? Another common location is the PS2
mouse port -- usually located next to the microphone connector.
IF on hte PS2 port it would be /dev/psaux.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Everist) writes:
> Hi,
> I have inst
Hi...
Have you tried installing gpm?
I think its gpm..:)
You can run that to configure your mouse
Mike
- Original Message -
From: "Chris Everist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 7:05 PM
Subject: Serial Mouse problem
> Hi,
> I have installed Debian twice n
On Sat, 2 Jan 1999, Vincent Murphy wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Kent West wrote:
> > > in X, and when I returned this morning, the mouse was dead. So, I killed
> > > the Xserver, restarted it. Nothing. Rebooted in Win95, which didn't pick
> > > up the mouse either. When I rebooted into Linux,
On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Kent West wrote:
> > in X, and when I returned this morning, the mouse was dead. So, I killed
> > the Xserver, restarted it. Nothing. Rebooted in Win95, which didn't pick
> > up the mouse either. When I rebooted into Linux, gpm started as normal,
>
> You might try switching
On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Vincent Murphy wrote:
> I'm having a problem with my serial mouse. I left my machine last night
> in X, and when I returned this morning, the mouse was dead. So, I killed
> the Xserver, restarted it. Nothing. Rebooted in Win95, which didn't pick
> up the mouse either. When
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