Re: want to use old serial mouse

On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:29:51 + (UTC), I wrote: > I have a good new installation of testing (Wheezy). I would like to use my > old three-button roll-ball serial mouse (Logitech M-MD15L) but have so far > failed. On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:39:00 +, Jon Dowland replied: > Take a

Re: want to use old serial mouse

1996* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011/3/14 Steve Kleene > I have a good new installation of testing (Wheezy). I would like to use my > old three-button roll-ball serial mouse (Logitech M-MD15L) but have so far > failed. The PC is new

Re: want to use old serial mouse

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 02:29:51PM +, Steve Kleene wrote: > Is there any way to get the old mouse working with Wheezy? Thanks. I'm only educated-guessing here, but I think the best strategy would be to get the kernel input system to see the mouse, and then X will automagically see it, too. T

want to use old serial mouse

I have a good new installation of testing (Wheezy). I would like to use my old three-button roll-ball serial mouse (Logitech M-MD15L) but have so far failed. The PC is new with an Intel i5 motherboard and a serial port. With Lenny, it was sufficient to have this section in xorg.conf: Section

Re: [SOLVED] New 3-button serial mouse not detected by Lenny

Dne, 16. 05. 2010 15:59:19 je Chris Austin napisal(a): The three buttons now appear to be working as they are supposed to, i.e. 1 for select, 2 for context menus, and middle / 3 for paste, and even just while writing this message it has been an enormous relief to be able to paste with a prop

Re: [SOLVED] New 3-button serial mouse not detected by Lenny

On Monday 17 May 2010 12:50:49 Chris Austin wrote: > > Do you have some reason for not wanting to use a scrollwheel? > > Not really, but looking on Google for 3-button mice, I saw a message that > said a scroll-wheel mouse is fiddly to use, and the scroll-wheel has to be > clicked accurately, or so

Re: [SOLVED] New 3-button serial mouse not detected by Lenny

On 05/17/2010 06:50 AM, Chris Austin wrote: On Mon, 17 May 2010 Tom Furie wrote: Do you have some reason for not wanting to use a scrollwheel? Not really, but looking on Google for 3-button mice, I saw a message that said a scroll-wheel mouse is fiddly to use, and the scroll-wheel has to be c

Re: Re: [SOLVED] New 3-button serial mouse not detected by Lenny

Hi, On Mon, 17 May 2010 deloptes wrote: > Just for the record there are many ways to make it done and I think this > article explains a lot concerning your issue > http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~danlee/fun/psaux/ Thanks for the link. On Mon, 17 May 2010 Tom Furie wrote: > Do you have

Re: [SOLVED] New 3-button serial mouse not detected by Lenny

On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 02:59:19PM +0100, Chris Austin wrote: > These two mice are the only genuine 3-button mice with 3 genuine > buttons rather than 2 buttons plus a scrollwheel / button that I could > find. Do you have some reason for not wanting to use a scrollwheel? > The three buttons now

Re: [SOLVED] New 3-button serial mouse not detected by Lenny

Chris Austin wrote: > This has now worked, and the 3-button serial mouse is now working in KDE > with the data fed through gpm more or less as described in Just for the record there are many ways to make it done and I think this article explains a lot concerning your issue

Re: [SOLVED] New 3-button serial mouse not detected by Lenny

Hi, On Saturday 15 May 2010 23:11:27 Kent West wrote: > I would take X out of the equation, and see if you can get it working in > the console with gpm. This has now worked, and the 3-button serial mouse is now working in KDE with the data fed through gpm more or less as described in

Re: New 3-button serial mouse not detected by Lenny

On 5/15/10 10:34 AM, Chris Austin wrote: > Hi, > > I have just bought a new 3-button mouse since 3-button emulation does not > seem to work well in Lenny - I had a lot of trouble with unpredictable > behaviour apparently due to contact bounce and getting unwanted context > menus, some of whose e

New 3-button serial mouse not detected by Lenny

Hi, I have just bought a new 3-button mouse since 3-button emulation does not seem to work well in Lenny - I had a lot of trouble with unpredictable behaviour apparently due to contact bounce and getting unwanted context menus, some of whose entries were sometimes unintentionally activated, wit

Re: Etch new install can´t see my serial mouse

I plug my old serial mouse with Microsoft protocol into COM1 (ttyS0). Here is my configuration: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol""Microsoft" Option "Device&quo

Re: Etch new install can´t see my serial mouse

"Bruno Buys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Just installed a brand new etch on a athlon2400. Mouse is serial and xorg > won´t > load complaining 'no core pointer'. > I tried both imps2 and explore-something (the only 2 options), but no good. > I also tried to locate my mouse, doing: > cat /dev/inp

Re: Etch new install can?t see my serial mouse

ouse. ttyS0 when catted, throws a bunch of random > unreadable chars in the screen without me even touching the mouse. When ctrl- > c?ed, the prompt is left screwed. The other tty?s don?t cat anything at all. > > > any ideas? > thanks! Maybe you need to load the kernel modules in /etc/m

Etch new install can´t see my serial mouse

Just installed a brand new etch on a athlon2400. Mouse is serial and xorg won´t load complaining 'no core pointer'.I tried both imps2 and explore-something (the only 2 options), but no good.I also tried to locate my mouse, doing: cat /dev/input/mice (which is the suggested location, by dpkg-reconfi

Re: Serial mouse config

On 09/18/2006 08:52 PM, Andre Perrotta wrote: Sorry, I forgot to write down the subject Sorry Hi, I'm trying to get a serial mouse to work but haven't had any sucess. It is conected to /dev/ttyS0 but when I do: cat /dev/ttyS0 it doesn't responds to my mouse actions I&#x

Serial mouse config

Sorry, I forgot to write down the subjectSorryHi, I'm trying to get a serial mouse to work but haven't had any sucess.It is conected to /dev/ttyS0but when I do:cat /dev/ttyS0  it doesn't responds to my mouse actionsI'm sure it is /dev/ttyS0 cause it used to work with

asus tx97 + serial mouse

Hi i've installed a TX97 mb and can't get the serial mouse working. Port com1 is set correctly by bios and by etch. What strange is, knoppix detect a PS2 mouse, that's wrong and do not work of course. Anybody had this problem or can help me to solve that problem ? Best reg

Re: Re: Woody serial mouse problems solved in BIOS?

Hi Stefan Well I don't profess to know much about Linux And, no-one's yet told me how to undo a symlink... Its been a right battle to find out how to alter things 'post-install', learned a lot but really, 3 weeks to get an OS running off and on ? I'm a novice at reading things up in files hid

Re: Woody serial mouse problems solved in BIOS?

button down as the 'gdm' > system starts up, > it hangs until the mouse is moved about - but at least an 'Auto' mouse > protocol setting on the XFree86 > setup ( dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 ) works my ancient serial mouse, > > -- but note, > it looks

Woody serial mouse problems solved in BIOS?

le in /var/log do so - it shows if the mouse bits are loading correctly or not at the end of it. In my case I think I may have to hold a mouse button down as the 'gdm' system starts up, it hangs until the mouse is moved about - but at least an 'Auto' mouse protocol setting on

Re: serial mouse under debian/sarge, 2.6.4

Thank you for your replies I'll first try to get an USB hub, and if that is a problem, I'll try the solutions posted on the serial mouse! Are there things I coould/should check for a USB hub? Do I need special modules and/or drivers? Thanks for all the answers I got so far, Jo

Re: serial mouse under debian/sarge, 2.6.4

On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I have this problem: for a new printer I'm about to buy, I need to free > the usb plug; So I now have to make my debian box use a serial mouse. > > I attached the configuration files knoppix built; I tried putting th

Re: serial mouse under debian/sarge, 2.6.4

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have this problem: for a new printer I'm about to buy, I need to free the usb plug; So I now have to make my debian box use a serial mouse. I attached the configuration files knoppix built; I tried putting those into my real /etc/X11 directory but stil

Re: serial mouse under debian/sarge, 2.6.4

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have this problem: for a new printer I'm about to buy, I need to free the usb plug; So I now have to make my debian box use a serial mouse. I attached the configuration files knoppix built; I tried putting those into my real /etc/X11 directory but stil

serial mouse under debian/sarge, 2.6.4

Hello, I have this problem: for a new printer I'm about to buy, I need to free the usb plug; So I now have to make my debian box use a serial mouse. I attached the configuration files knoppix built; I tried putting those into my real /etc/X11 directory but still the mouse won't work.

Re: serial mouse

On Sunday 03 February 2002 11:18 pm, Jason Majors wrote: > I've installed Debian on a friend's ancient machine that has a serial mouse > connection. X fails to load because it can't find the mouse. If the serial > mouse is connected to the first serial port, what device do

Re: serial mouse

Hello Jason. Try /dev/ttyS0. Jason Majors wrote: I've installed Debian on a friend's ancient machine that has a serial mouse connection. X fails to load because it can't find the mouse. If the serial mouse is connected to the first serial port, what device do I need to lin

serial mouse

I've installed Debian on a friend's ancient machine that has a serial mouse connection. X fails to load because it can't find the mouse. If the serial mouse is connected to the first serial port, what device do I need to link to /dev/mouse? Thanks, Jason

Re: Serial Mouse problem

:35:53AM +1000, Chris Everist wrote: > Hi, > I sent this before but my ISP has just gone broke so I did not receive > any replies. So here goes again. > 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

Serial Mouse problem

Hi, I sent this before but my ISP has just gone broke so I did not receive any replies. So here goes again. 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

Re: Serial Mouse problem

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

Re: Serial Mouse problem

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

Re: Serial Mouse problem

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

Re: Serial Mouse problem

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 > Gnome and have

Re: Serial Mouse problem

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

Serial Mouse problem

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 Gnome and have no luck. I

Serial mouse detection/configuration problems

I'm helping a friend with a Debian install / box cannibalization project. Problem right now is the mouse. It's worked intermittently, but isn't responding right now. I'm suspecting the PS/2 -> Serial converter itself is bad. I've tried reading raw serial devices (cat /dev/ttyS[0123]), but no da

Trackpoint and serial mouse simultaneously>

Dear list, I'm running an HP Omnibook 5500 laptop here, and would like to use, under X, the internal TrackPoint pointing device and an external serial mouse at the same time (i. e., without restarting X to make the switch). More generally, is it possible to have more than one Pointer devic

Re: Trackpoint and serial mouse simultaneously>

Sorry to answer my own question, but a bit of research revealed that while Xfree86 3.3 knows only one pointer, gpm can manage multiple ones for it. My /etc/gpm.conf now has: device=/dev/psaux type=ps2 append="-M -t mman -m /dev/ttyS0" and the pointer section in /etc/X11/XF86Config is:

Re: Device name for serial mouse?

> S what device name should I feed to gpmconfig? Typically you'll use /dev/ttyS0 (note the capital 'S') for COM1, and /dev/ttyS1 for COM2. If you don't need support for ttys, you don't really have to use gpm -- you could just edit the XF86Config file directly. There's an article on

Re: Device name for serial mouse?

Stan Brown wrote: > > On Sun Nov 19 13:26:29 2000 Tilton wrote... > > > >Ooops! > > > >I didn't answer the question you asked. Sorry! > > > >COM1: = /dev/ttyS0 > >COM2: = /dev/ttyS1 > >^ > >^---> Note capital 'S' used here > > > > > >as for the device type for

Re: Device name for serial mouse?

lton > > Stan Brown wrote: > > > > OK, I give up on the PS/2 mouse :-( > > > > I need to have this machine working by Monday, and it has become > > aparent that I > > am notging to get the PS/2 mouse working by then. > > > >

Re: Device name for serial mouse?

he PS/2 mouse working by then. > > So, I have the serial mouse (actually one of those combo serial/PS-2 > things0 > that I used on my last Debian box (which did not have a PS/3 port). > Unfortuantely i can't rember the device name I used for this thing.

Re: Device name for serial mouse?

"Stan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, I have the serial mouse (actually one of those combo > serial/PS-2 things0 that I used on my last Debian box (which did > not have a PS/3 port). > Unfortuantely i can't rember the device name

Device name for serial mouse?

OK, I give up on the PS/2 mouse :-( I need to have this machine working by Monday, and it has become aparent that I am notging to get the PS/2 mouse working by then. So, I have the serial mouse (actually one of those combo serial/PS-2 things0 that I used

Re: serial mouse not working

On Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 08:51:22PM +0200 or thereabouts, Felix Natter wrote: > which settings ? I tried changing baud-rate, and I tried (almost) > all protocols. Very rarely the mouse-pointer moves (jumps) to one corner. > /dev/mouse is a symlink to /dev/ttyS0, and both gpm and X use it. > are yo

Re: serial mouse not working

] Behalf > > Of Felix Natter > > Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 09:21 > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: serial mouse not working > > > > > > hi, > > > > I have a serial MS-mouse which runs great with gpm, but I do not get a

Re: serial mouse not working

Post your /etc/gpm.conf file and the Pointer section of /etc/X11/XF86Config. Then perhaps someone can help identify your problem. Felix Natter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : hi, : I have a serial MS-mouse which runs great with gpm, but I do not get any : reaction under xfree86 3.3.6 (configured u

serial mouse not working

hi, I have a serial MS-mouse which runs great with gpm, but I do not get any reaction under xfree86 3.3.6 (configured using XF86Setup). thanks, -- Felix Natter

Serial mouse

I got a basic potato running in a pentium 75, with a serial mouse. But it does not seem to work. I thought it would work right away, after enabling serial ports as module in the kernel, but it doesn't show to be alive. I have another potato running in a pentium II 400, with a ps-2 mouse,

RE: serial mouse

setting up x with this serial mouse. It's an MS serial mouse. I specified MS mouse on ttys0. That's serial A right? I don't think I'm losing my mind. There isn't a map in fstab that I'm supposed to specify is there?

Re: serial mouse

> I'm having problems setting up x with this serial mouse. For an MS Mouse, a typical setup in /etc/X11/XF86Config would be: Section "Pointer" Protocol"Microsoft" Device "/dev/mouse" EndSection Of course, /dev/mouse is simply a sym

serial mouse

Hey there again. I'm having problems setting up x with this serial mouse. It's an MS serial mouse. I specified MS mouse on ttys0. That's serial A right? I don't think I'm losing my mind. There isn't a map in fstab that I'm supposed to specify is there? Thanks again

Re: serial mouse not working

Alexander Poslavsky writes: > > Is it possible to be a motherboard problem? Mine is a SiS (I forgot the > > model), with all those PCI, PnP, onboard adapters (sigh). But I guess > > this bears no problem with respect to serial ports. BTW, I've got a > > (real) modem running without problems under

Re: serial mouse not working

Hi Rafael! On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Rafael Caetano dos Santos wrote: > Is it possible to be a motherboard problem? Mine is a SiS (I forgot the > model), with all those PCI, PnP, onboard adapters (sigh). But I guess > this bears no problem with respect to serial ports. BTW, I've got a > (real) modem

RE: serial mouse not working

@lists.debian.org Subject: serial mouse not working Hello, My brandless, 3-button serial mouse won't work under Linux, neither in the console nor under X. It works OK under Windows. I've been a Linux user for about 3 years and I never had or heard of this kind of problem. I guess it should be a stup

RE: serial mouse not working

I suspect this to be a gpm issue. Have you tyied changint the protocol? Some nameless/brandless 3-button mice need to use type msc, some need type ms. Bryan On 26-Apr-2000 Rafael Caetano dos Santos wrote: > > Hello, > > My brandless, 3-button serial mouse won't work under

serial mouse not working

Hello, My brandless, 3-button serial mouse won't work under Linux, neither in the console nor under X. It works OK under Windows. I've been a Linux user for about 3 years and I never had or heard of this kind of problem. I guess it should be a stupid mistake or something, but I can&

Re: PS/2 vs Serial mouse.

Fu-Dong Chiou wrote: >Hi, > >I have a question regarding using a Logitech cordless MouseMan Pro PS/2 >mouse on a Compaq LTE 5200 notebook. Although it is a PS/2 mouse, I can >only hook it up to COM1 to get it to work in X. If I plug it into PS/2 >port, the cursor won't move. I ass

PS/2 vs Serial mouse.

Hi, I have a question regarding using a Logitech cordless MouseMan Pro PS/2 mouse on a Compaq LTE 5200 notebook. Although it is a PS/2 mouse, I can only hook it up to COM1 to get it to work in X. If I plug it into PS/2 port, the cursor won't move. I assume it's because ttyS0 is taken by COM

Re: serial mouse problem

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,

Re: serial mouse problem

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

Re: serial mouse problem

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 &g

serial mouse problem

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 I rebooted into Linux, gpm started as n

Re: Serial Mouse Install

Doug, > Here is another installation question I didn't figure out during the > install. I have a microsoft compatible serial mouse I would like to use > on my new linux system. During the inital install, I did not see any > selections for serial mice. I saw several options f

Serial Mouse Install

Here is another installation question I didn't figure out during the install. I have a microsoft compatible serial mouse I would like to use on my new linux system. During the inital install, I did not see any selections for serial mice. I saw several options for ps/2, bus, and other typ

Serial Mouse

e openlook manager which changes cursor less often. I am using Debian 1.3 My Hardware is a Cyrix P200, and am using a serial mouse. My XF86Config is setup to use type "microsoft" at port ttyS0. I never had this problem on my P60 with a PS/2 mouse. Has anyone else experienced this proble

Re: gpm, X-Windows, MS Serial mouse

My thanks to several of you who responded to my post. You all corrected my mistake of thinking I could not specify the (preferred) /dev/ttySx in both gpm and the X-server. After correcting the config and rebooting I'm able to start and restart X without killing gpm. Regards, -- C.L. Daugaard

Re: gpm, X-Windows, MS Serial mouse

On Sun, 23 Mar 1997, Curtis L. Daugaard wrote: > Before I changed to Debian, I could swear that under Slackware I was > able to use my MS serial mouse in X-Windows without first killing gpm. > No more. X refuses to start, complaining "device in use." > > I've t

gpm, X-Windows, MS Serial mouse

Before I changed to Debian, I could swear that under Slackware I was able to use my MS serial mouse in X-Windows without first killing gpm. No more. X refuses to start, complaining "device in use." I've tried everything I can think of based on the documentation for gpm, includi

Re: How can I get my 3 button serial mouse to use all 3 buttons

Stan Brown wrote: > > I just goat a new (cheap) 3 button mouse, proudly pluged it in, ent to > /etc/X11/XF86config and commenred out the Emulate3Buttons. > Ubfortunately the middle button still doesn'y wrk. > > What else should I try? > Shouldn't you reco

Re: How can I get my 3 button serial mouse to use all three buttons

Stan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just goat a new (cheap) 3 button mouse, proudly pluged it in, ent to > /etc/X11/XF86config and commenred out the Emulate3Buttons. > Ubfortunately the middle button still doesn'y wrk. > > What else should I try? I recommend using the mouse-test program t

Re: How can I get my 3 button serial mouse to use all 3 buttons

> I just goat a new (cheap) 3 button mouse, proudly pluged it in, ent to > /etc/X11/XF86config and commenred out the Emulate3Buttons. > Ubfortunately the middle button still doesn'y wrk. > > What else should I try? You're probably still using microsoft protocol to talk to

How can I get my 3 button serial mouse to use all 3 buttons

I just goat a new (cheap) 3 button mouse, proudly pluged it in, ent to /etc/X11/XF86config and commenred out the Emulate3Buttons. Ubfortunately the middle button still doesn'y wrk. What else should I try? -- Stan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]