I think you'll find the mouse settings are done in the hardware/firmware. If the machine has an OpenBoot PROM, the mouse is set there. The PROM software can scan for hardware (or you might have to boot -r iirc) but if you have the Sun type 5 keyboard plugged in, the mouse circuit goes through that. I think you will either have to ditch the Sun keyboard entirely (which includes the mouse) and put in another one.
I think there was an PC style optical mouse available for the Ultra 10 and I think they used a different keyboard. You might try looking at the hardware manuals (download PDF) on docs.sun.com, see how they used to ship for the Ultra 5/10. Regards, Jill. -----Original Message----- From: Amanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 6 October 2003 4:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SLUG] installing ps2 mouse The hardware is an opentec clone of a Sun Ultra 10, with a sun type 5 keyboard & sun mouse. The machine also has 2 ps2 sockets for keyboard mouse. The OS is Debian-sparc 3.0 r1. What I want to do is replace the crappy, worn-out sun mouse with a nice new optical ps2 wheel mouse. Running od -x /dev/sunmouse outputs nice hexadecimal when I move the sun mouse. Running od -x /dev/psaux returns "no such device". cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV psaux returns "don't know how to make device "psaux" " rm psaux; mknod -m 600 psaux c 10 1 doesn't return any errors but od -x /dev/psaux still returns "no such device" The kernel is 2.4.18. I downloaded the kernel source for 2.4.22 and went through make xconfig, but I can't see any options particularly appropriate for enabling ps2 mice. dmesg returns, amongst other things mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice I tried posting this question to the debian-sparc list, which is where I learnt about the "od" command, and I've googled myself silly, but I'm obviously missing something. If someone could please point me in the right direction, I'd be really grateful. Amanda -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug ---------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTICES This email (including any documents referred to in, or attached, to this email) may contain information that is personal, confidential or the subject of copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties. This email is intended only for the named addressee. Any privacy, confidence, copyright or other proprietary rights in favour of Aristocrat, its affiliates or third parties, is not lost because this email was sent to you by mistake. If you received this email by mistake you should: (i) not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise use it, or its contents, without the consent of Aristocrat or the owner of the relevant rights; (ii) let us know of the mistake by reply email or by telephone (+61 2 9413 6300); and (iii) delete it from your system and destroy all copies. Any personal information contained in this email must be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. Electronic and internet communications can be interfered with or affected by viruses and other defects. As a result, such communications may not be successfully received or, if received, may cause interference with the integrity of receiving, processing or related systems (including hardware, software and data or information on, or using, that hardware or software). Aristocrat gives no assurances in relation to these matters. If you have any doubts about the veracity or integrity of any electronic communication we appear to have sent you, please call +61 2 9413 6300 for clarification. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
