I had a similiar problem with a mouse and with a modem (two occasions).
What I did was disable the serial port on which the mouse was set (I don't
know if it's possible w/ your BIOS). Then, the BIOS was not able to set the
mouse, and later Linux was able to do so. Unfortunately, if Linux has a
problem with the bios not recognizing a serial port that is not initialized
(never seen it as a problem, but...) then you run into problems. It worked
for me though, on two different systems w/ two different BIOS/MB combos.
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: bios mouse ?
> Date: Tuesday, January 05, 1999 10:41 AM
>
> I recently did an install for a freind on a 100mhz pentium. i could never
get
> the mouse to work, I tried a few different ones too, so needless to say
he
> never got the mouse configed that night, but upon further investigation i
found
> out that the mouse was fully functional in the bios. like you can see it
and
> use it and everything..( this i found out later ..) what can i do to get
that
> mouse to work in linux ? im not sure if there is even a way to disable it
in
> the bios.. its a regular serial mouse . nothing special about it.. help ?
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