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.or
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Larry Gariepy wrote:
> Hi. Ok, I have sat down and done a little research. The mouse is on
> Com 1, sort of. When I boot in Windows 95, it does not seem to recognize
> the mouse as being on Com 1, it is just "there". In Linux, the device
> /dev/mouse is linked to /dev/ttyS
>
> On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Larry Gariepy wrote:
>
> > Section "Pointer"
> > Protocol"Microsoft"
> > Device "/dev/mouse"
>
> You say it's a two-button microsoft serial mouse? Which com port is it
> on? If it's com A, then it should be < Device "/dev/ttys0" >. Com B is
> < Devic
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Larry Gariepy wrote:
> Section "Pointer"
> Protocol"Microsoft"
> Device "/dev/mouse"
You say it's a two-button microsoft serial mouse? Which com port is it
on? If it's com A, then it should be < Device "/dev/ttys0" >. Com B is
< Device "/dev/ttys1" >, et
>
> On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Larry Gariepy wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> 1) What sort of
If it works in win95 and you see mouse cursor like you say, I suspect whoever
configured
you X picked the wrong mouse device. Check your X86config file. I belive it's
in
/etc/X11 . Also make sure you indeed have a serial mouse. Win95 is capable of
detecting PS2, BUS and serial mice. LINUX X must b
On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, 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 Debi
On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Larry Gariepy wrote:
[snip]
> 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
On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Larry Gariepy wrote:
> 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.
1) What sort of mouse is it?
2) f
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