/dev/mouse did link to ttyS0
So I ran configmouse and changed from the generic serial to the Genius serial "Intellimouse" and that fixed it!! I even have my two computers pinging each other over the network now. Being a glutton for punishment, and having gained confidence by getting the serial mouse to work I am going to have another go at trying to get the PS/2 mouse to work because it too behaved ok during installation. (I borrowed the serial mouse from the second computer and I don't really want to buy another one.) Thanks for all your help you guys. Bill Evans > On Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Zane Gilmore wrote: > > [...] > > > If not then try: > > > > ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/mouse > > > > I think from looking at that stuff that if /dev/mouse is pointing at > > ttyS1 then that's probably your problem. > > [...] > > > > And here is the encouraging bit : the mouse is recognised and works fine > > > during installation (Redhat7.3) using the default graphical environment. It > > > is only after installation that it fails. It fails whether or not I > > > configure the eth0 card - so for this mouse I think we can eliminate the > > > network as being a factor as it seemed to be with the PS/2 mouse. > > [...] > > > > Option "Protocol" "Microsoft" > > If the mouse was recognized during install then probably the > /dev/mouse links to the correct device. If this is the case you may > want to try a different protocol. > > (I also had once a situation where X could not initialize a PS/2 mouse, > by itself, I had to "head -c 1 /dev/psaux" on it or start gpm) > > The network card have nothing to do with it. Please forget the "other os" > frame of mind (I know is difficult, it took me more than a year when I > started :-) > > Cheers, > -- > Ryurick M. Hristev mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Computer Systems Manager > University of Canterbury, Physics & Astronomy Dept., New Zealand > >
