On Thu, 09 Nov 2000, you wrote:
I suffered through a protracted problem changing from serial to ps/2
mouse recently, and I solved it by typing
dd if=/dev/ttyS0 of=mouse.droppings count=100 bs=1
and moving the mouse around as I hit return. I got 100 bytes of data.
When I tried
dd if=/dev/psmouse of=mouse.droppings count=100 bs=1
I got nothing. Use the nodes in /dev, and remake them if necessary. It could be
my problem - your kernel may not support it :-(. I spent some time figuring that
out myself.
> > > > > just installed 7.2 over weekend and its really great and nearly all
is > > > > working except my usb-mouse ( MS Intellieye). Its working during
> > > > install without any problem, after first reboot its gone. (Good luck
> > > > Ihave a PS/2 adaptor)
> > > >
> > > > Any help please?
> > >
>
> make sure that the USB service is started at boot time and *after* taht that
> GPM services are started...
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