The debain-user list appears to have been dropped from your reply, I've added it again.
On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 10:22:30PM -0500, Ron Stordahl wrote: > I guess its XF86Setup, it runs automatically during the install process. > > In any case I am not getting any success with the mouse. Right after > answering 9, which is Microsoft Intellimous, it immediately asks me another > question I don't know about, specificaly it wants the full device name to > which the mouse is connected, and suggests /dev/tty00, which would be fine > if it were a serial port mouse. But I don't know what to answer it for a > mouse connected to the PS/2 connector. > > Any ideas? /dev/psaux Speaking as a Linux user of some time, and to whom the answer is well known, this is one of those really annoying bits of the Linux install. The answer is *trivial*, but it's virtually impossible to find if you don't already know it. I looked up a couple of references (Debian instalation manual, O'Reilly's _Learning Debian GNU/Linux_, the HOWTOs), for something which might point this out. None do (the Debian install guide doesn't cover X AFAICT, the ORA book glosses the point, and the HOWTOs suggest you've come to the wrong place -- there's a Busmouse HOWTO, but no "PS/2 mouse HOWTO". Nonetheless, you'll find in section 3.3 of the Busmouse HOWTO, you're told that the mouse device for PS/2 is, indeed, /dev/psaux. You can find the Linux HOWTOs at http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO. The Busmouse HOWTO is: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Busmouse-HOWTO.html Devices: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Busmouse-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.3 Similarly, a Google search for "linux ps/2 mouse device" returns a link title "which device for PS/2 mouse" as its fourth result. Google and the Linux HOWTOs are your friends (and who said geeks don't have friends <g>). > ron > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: "Debian User List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 6:36 PM > Subject: Re: Simple mouse question.... > > > > Which X config section? There are a number of different utilities, > > among them xconfigurator (command line), XF86Setup (graphical), and > > others. Don't sweat it, you can always change the setting later. > > > > If you've got a mouse with a small, round, 9-pin connector, you've got a > > PS/2 mouse. If it's got a wheel in between the two buttons, it's > > probably a Microsoft IntelliMouse (the labling should make this clear). > > Both plug in to the PS/2 port. > > > > The PS/2 setting should work with both types. An IntelliMouse will be > > somewhat more functional if used with teh IntelliMouse setting. > > > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 04:37:19PM -0500, Ron Stordahl wrote: > > > I am installing potato and am in the X configuration section where I am > > > asked to specify a mouse protocol type. > > > > > > Of the choices these 2 make sense: > > > > > > 4 PS/2 Mouse > > > 9 Microsoft IntelliMouse > > > > > > Actually it is both, but that's not a valid choice. By choosing 9 will > I be > > > selecting a serial port rather than a PS/2 port? > > > > > > I am stalled....... > > > > > > ron > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > > > > > > -- > > Karsten M. Self <[email protected]> > http:/www.netcom.com/~kmself > > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? > > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ > > GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0 > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > > > > -- Karsten M. Self <[email protected]> http:/www.netcom.com/~kmself What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
