stringer wrote:
> At 10:03 12/06/02 +1200, you wrote:
>
>>stringer wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Please excuse this question if the answer is obvious.
>>
>>Try wiggling the plug.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>--
>>Carl Cerecke, Assistant Lecturer|email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> Carl, and the group,
>
> I tried that at the time.
>
> The point is that it still works ok under windows, so the plug isn't the
> problem.
> ALSO the buttons work fine under Linux, its just that the pointer won't
> move across the screen in either direction. That's to say that the pointer
> 'flinches' as expected when I left click, and the screen menu appears when
> I right click.
> Never had the problem before.
>
> Oh, I should have mentioned:
> Red Hat 6.2, two button serial mouse
>
> If all else fails, I shall reformat and re-install, but that's a M$
> solution, not the right one!!
Taking a stab in the dark, I suspect that when you installed the new
monitor, GNU/Linux realised on a subsequent re-boot that that had
happened and tried to reconfigure the X-Window server, but failed. It
found PS/2 hardware and assumed incorrectly that you have a PS/2 mouse.
You might like to check:
1) that the link /dev/mouse points at the correct device. It probably
does because the buttons work.
2) that the mouse protocol mentioned in the X-Window server config file
is correct. The config file can reside in various places, and I'm sorry
I forget exactly where in RH-6.2. Try /etc/X11/XF86Config . In there you
will find some lines similar to these:-
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "PS/2"
Device "/dev/psaux"
Emulate3Buttons
Emulate3Timeout 50
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
# ChordMiddle
EndSection
Change the Protocol and Mouse lines to what they should be, and re-start
the X-Window server.
For the gory details refer to:-
http://www.xfree86.org/current/mouse4.html#20
btw, the program which does all this nonsense is called linuxconf,
it's wonderful when it works, but at all other times it's a total and
complete PITA. After due consideration you might care to remove it.
All care, no responsibility. :-)
--
Sincerely etc.,
Christopher Sawtell.
