Re: X-Windows Mice

1998-09-10 Thread Ilya Ovchinnikov
On Wed, Sep 09, 1998 at 08:48:41AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Has anybody got any idea why I can get a serial mouse to work, in X, but not a > PS/2 mouse? > > I am using /dev/ttyS0 for the serial mouse, but when I use /dev/mouse for the > PS/2 mouse it doesn't work. > > Am I overly stupid?

Re: X-Windows Mice

1998-09-09 Thread Brian Sheehan
I think you should be using /dev/psaux for the ps2 mouse - that's what I use. /dev/mouse is just a link. See what its points to with ls -l /dev/mouse. I could be missing the point here too aswell, so sorry if I am! Brian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Has anybody got any idea why I can get a serial

Re: X-Windows Mice

1998-09-09 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Wed, 9 Sep 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Has anybody got any idea why I can get a serial mouse to work, in X, but not a > PS/2 mouse? > > I am using /dev/ttyS0 for the serial mouse, but when I use /dev/mouse for the > PS/2 mouse it doesn't work. Either 'ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse' or use /

Re: X-Windows Mice

1998-09-09 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Wed, 9 Sep 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Has anybody got any idea why I can get a serial mouse to work, in X, but not a : PS/2 mouse? : : I am using /dev/ttyS0 for the serial mouse, but when I use /dev/mouse for the : PS/2 mouse it doesn't work. /dev/psaux for PS/2 mice, eh. -- Natha

Re: X-Windows Mice

1998-09-09 Thread Shaleh
As I like to tell people, there is a difference between stupidity and ignorance. Ignorant is a lack of knowledge, stupidity is an inability to gain knowledge. Now for ps/2 support. The proper file is /dev/psaux ( pc auxillary port). You also need kernel support for ps/2 (aux). Link dev/mouse t

X-Windows Mice

1998-09-09 Thread Frankay666
Has anybody got any idea why I can get a serial mouse to work, in X, but not a PS/2 mouse? I am using /dev/ttyS0 for the serial mouse, but when I use /dev/mouse for the PS/2 mouse it doesn't work. Am I overly stupid? what am I doing wrong? Frankie [EMAIL PROTECTED]