Yeah, thats a PS/2 mouse. Reinstalling Redhat seems a bit drastic at this stage... but i'm not sure what else to suggest. Maybe stick a Knoppix disc in and see what it says about your mouse?
Steve On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 05:25:13PM +1200, Bill Evans wrote: > I actually changed it to Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off" after my post and > it made no difference. > > As to how the mouse is plugged in - I don't really know :) > It is plugged in to a little socket adjacent to the usb sockets. > I assume it is a PS/2 mouse. It has a different connector (little round 6 > pin) to the one on the older computer which is a serial mouse. > > Thanks for your help anyway. I think I will try reinstalling Redhat and see > what happens. > > Bill > > > Hmmm... well that looks good to me... except for perhaps change the > > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" > > to say > > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on" > > My one is a on/off option, not a yes/no option... > > > > Hopefully that will fix it, otherwise i'm not really sure if I can help > > ya sorry... I havn't met those errors before. > > > > The other thing is after looking at your original post again, I noticed > > this... > > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse > > > > The bit thats interesting here is that it mentions serial,... but the > > protocol is PS/2... it is actually plugged in as PS/2 isn't it? > > > > Good Luck, > > Steve > > -- )--------------------Stephen Nicholas--------------------( Uni Hall Ph: (03) 341 1500 Private Bag 4760 Extn: 54419 Christchurch 021 504 412 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 70245950 )---------------www.steve.nicholas.net.nz----------------(
