On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, M. T. Burek, Ph.D. wrote:
> It is supposed to be a Logitech PS/2 compatible mouse, and I have a copy of
> another persons' XF86Config file, and I put the options in the same way they
> had it; PS/2, emu 3 buttons, /dev/mouse.
1) Is /dev/mouse a link to /dev/psaux? If it's a link to a serial port
instead, this could cause the problems you're seeing.
2) If it is a psaux link, are you running gpm to get mouse support on the
console?
3) If so, are you aware that only one 'thing' at a time can have
/dev/psaux (usefully) open?
4) If this is indeed your problem, (ie gpm and X fighting over /dev/psaux)
Then you can either
a) disable gpm, if you don't care about mouse-in-console
b) use gpm as a repeater (with the -R option),
set X to use /dev/gpmdata, with whatever you've set the gpm
repeater protocol to.
For example: On my desktop box, in /etc/gpm.conf:
device=/dev/psaux
type=ps2
append="-3 -R"
repeat_type=" "
And in my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "ps2-mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata"
Option "Protocol" "MouseSystems"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection
And in my /etc/X11/XF86Config (for Xfree86 v3):
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "MouseSystems"
Device "/dev/gpmdata"
Buttons 3
EndSection
HTH
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