I installed the following: twm xf86setup xfree86-common xserver-vga16 xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi zlib6g xterm xbase-clients xfonts-scalable xserver-common xfonts-base xserver-svga xdm
I have the following: Video adapter VGA Monitor VGA color Video Memory: 0kb VGA chipset: Western Digital My mouse is Microsoft, so I guess the name is /dev/psaux (it's PS/2 compatible). It's a 2 button mouse. So I configured the Xserver like this: Mouse protocol: Microsoft Mouse device: /dev/psaux Emulate3buttons enabled Resolution Medium (default) Button 3 (default) Sample rate : 0 (default) Emulate3timeout 50 (default) I don't have a video card, so the card selected was none. Then I commited the changes, and ran the server using startx. But the mouse only seems to remain in the first row, and even then moves very fast..it seems to be too sensitive. Also the menu barely pops up. All I get is a fine checkered screen with a cross signifying the mouse pointer. And when I click on any of the buttons, I don't get anything, no arrow, no menu, nothing.. I thought this may be of help in diagnosing the problem: I get the following warning: /dev/psaux unable to get status of mouse fd (Inappropriate ioctl for device) Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks. Michelle Maria Coelho Department of Computer and Information Science Purdue School of Science Phone: 1-317-278-2948 Fax : 1-317-274-9742