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 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't see what is > it. > > 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 /dev/ttyS1. > > At bootup, the kernel says: > > Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled > ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A > > So it shouldn't be a IRQ conflict. > Also at bootup, setserial reports: > > Configuring serial ports...done. > /dev/ttyS0 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A > /dev/ttyS1 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A > > It seems normal to me. And gpm runs happily, as if nothing were wrong, but > the mouse cursor never appears. > > Neither does X 3.3.2.3 report any errors. The mouse cursor is displayed > but doesn't move. When I kill X, it reports: > > waiting for X server to shut down > Fatal server error: > Unable to set status of mouse fd (Interrupted system call) > > Any suggestions > > TIA, > > bye > Rafael Caetano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null
