Re: mouse refuses to configure!

2000-01-13 Thread Joshua N Pritikin
On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 03:33:20PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Joshua N Pritikin wrote: > > + The mouse hardware and cables are okay because the mouse works fine in > > Windows 95. > > > > + I suspected gpm so I disabled it with "gpm -k" and removed the startup > > file from /etc/rc6.d. > >

Re: mouse refuses to configure!

2000-01-12 Thread David Wright
Quoting Joshua N Pritikin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > This seems crazy because I can't believe that mice are hard to > auto-detect. Windows has handled mice with no configuration for > decades. Is there a better way to configure XFree86? Just for the record, not my experience. The mouse on my Gate

Re: mouse refuses to configure!

2000-01-12 Thread Ron Rademaker
Try configuring your mouse with gpmconfig, this way you can find out on what /dev/ your mouse is, so you'll be a little bit further. On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Joshua N Pritikin wrote: > On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 04:32:29PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Are you using a usb mouse > > No. T

Re: mouse refuses to configure!

2000-01-11 Thread Joshua N Pritikin
On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 03:33:20PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Joshua N Pritikin wrote: > > + The mouse hardware and cables are okay because the mouse works fine in > > Windows 95. > > > > + I suspected gpm so I disabled it with "gpm -k" and removed the startup > > file from /etc/rc6.d. > >

Re: mouse refuses to configure!

2000-01-11 Thread Joshua N Pritikin
On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 04:32:29PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Are you using a usb mouse No. This is not new hardware. I got it used for $300. -- "Does `competition' have an abstract purpose?" via, but not speaking for Deutsche Bank

Re: mouse refuses to configure!

2000-01-11 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Joshua N Pritikin wrote: > + The mouse hardware and cables are okay because the mouse works fine in > Windows 95. > > + I suspected gpm so I disabled it with "gpm -k" and removed the startup > file from /etc/rc6.d. Does the mouse work in GPM? Did you try gpmconfig in a console? That might help

Re: mouse refuses to configure!

2000-01-11 Thread Ron Rademaker
Are you using a usb mouse On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Joshua N Pritikin wrote: > Hi! This is my first time installing Debian. I am using this > equipment: > > Debian 2.1r4 CDs > Compaq Presario 7240 (pentium) > IBM Mouse > > The install proceeded smoothly until I try to get the mouse worki