Serial Mouse problem

2001-06-28 Thread Chris Everist
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

2001-06-28 Thread ray p
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

Re: Serial Mouse problem

2001-06-27 Thread Vineet Kumar
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

2001-06-25 Thread Frank Zimmermann
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

2001-06-24 Thread Joost Kooij
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

Serial Mouse problem

2001-06-23 Thread Chris Everist
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

Re: Serial Mouse problem

2001-06-23 Thread Mike Egglestone
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: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 7:05 PM Subject: Serial Mouse problem Hi, I have

Re: Serial Mouse problem

2001-06-23 Thread W. Paul Mills
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

Re: serial mouse problem

1999-01-03 Thread Kent West
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, gpm

Re: serial mouse problem

1999-01-02 Thread Vincent Murphy
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 your

serial mouse problem

1999-01-01 Thread Vincent Murphy
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 normal, but

Re: serial mouse problem

1999-01-01 Thread Kent West
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 I