On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > On 2 Apr 1997, R. Chris Ross wrote: > > I recently sent a message regarding a problem that I am having > > with my mouse on XFree86. The mouse is a PS2 style of Mouse Systems > > mouse. According to the documentation that I have found the only > > setting in the XF86Config file that will work in the PS2 setting. > > When I run XF86Setup the only driver setting that seams to come close > > is the PS2 setting because the MouseSystems driver seams to only be > > set up for a serial mouse and this mouse is NOT a serial mouse. I > > have tried quite a selection of things and am getting quite > > frustrated. When using the PS2 driver the 3 buttons work fine and > > the mouse works fine going left to right or bottom to top. The > > problem is when going the other direction, where the mouse shoots > > immediately to the edge of the screen. This really is interesting to > > use. The thing works perfectly fine in Win 95 so the mouse is fine I > > just can't get the thing to respond properly in X. Please help. > > Hi Chris. Are you using gpm? I've heard that gpm should not be running > when running X if you have a PS2 mouse. I also recall having a mouse > like you describe (same brand even) work with the same settings you > describe, but I did not install gpm on that machine. If gpm is not the > problem, let me know and I'll look for the XF86Config file from that > machine.
I didn't respond to the original query because I didn't understand why the mouse should work for all but one particular direction. However, I can't see why there should be a problem with running X and gpm. I run both these with a M$ PS/2 mouse. My kernel has "Mouse support (not serial mouse)" and "PS/2 mouse (aka auxiliary device)" compiled in (not modules) and I have -R set in gpm. XF86Config is set to Mouse Systems protocol from /dev/gpmdata and it all works fine. BTW I did try running /usr/sbin/xbase-configure and liked it BUT don't touch the mouse until after APPLYing the right protocol and device. If you do, quit and start over; it's difficult to regain control of the screen once a bazillion inappropriate mouse interrupts are being processed. -- David Wright, Open University, Earth Science Department, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA U.K. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +44 1908 653 739 fax: +44 1908 655 151