mmissett wrote: > > George, > Thanks a lot for your reply, I really appreciate it, and > will take a look at the settings you included. I guess, > though, that you're using Woody (or Sid), because you say > you are running XFree86 4.1 and your configuration shows > an ati driver. I have potato with XFree86 3.3, which has > no ati (video) driver, and that's part of the problem. > I'm trying to solve this without upgrading, which may > simply be impossible. (And which would, apparently, solve > most, if not all, these problems.) > In any event, I do really appreciate your response, and I > will root around where you suggested, even though some of it > is a bit over my head (eg: getting the mouse to work on > console?). The kernel, BTW, is recognizing the mouse on > startup.
Try things with the device node George told you to create, but ignore the XF86Config_4 file he sent if you are not running X4, OK? Things work very differently between X4 and X3.3.x. Things will probably work fine if you just get the mouse set up correctly. a
