Ummmmmmmmmmm............ Ditch Sun keyboard. Use ps2 keyboard with ps2 mouse. Run dpkg-reconfigure xfree86-xserver now I can set mouse to psaux.
All works great. Seems if it detects a Sun keyboard, expects to have sun mouse as well. Amanda Quoting "Rowling, Jill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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 > > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
