Deboo Geek wrote: >On 4/30/05, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Deboo Geek wrote: >> >> >>>My mouse works fine under X, as a 2 button mouse. It has a trackball >>>which doesn't work, whichever mouse I select. IT is a cheap mouse. I >>>have tried using many protocols to make it work under gpm but failed. >>>Is there a way to make it work, atleast as a 2 button mouse on >>>console? >>> >>> >>If serial (PS/2), do you get garbage when you type "cat /dev/ttySx" >>(where x=0-3, or "cat /dev/psaux" for PS2) and move the mouse? >> >> > >It's a Serial mouse attached to Com 1 or ttyS0 and yes, I do get >garbage when moving the mouse on console, doing a cat /dev/ttyS0. > > Okay, this means the device file is working, and the system "sees" your mouse. That's good.
>I mean instead of the middle button it has a ball, which you use to >move the page up and down in apps. Srry, it's called the wheel. > > Ah, okay; now that makes sense. >I just reconfigured but even doing a /etc/init.d/gpm start gives no >output nor does the mouse cursor show up on console. Doing a ps >-ef|grep gpm shws nothing either. > > What's the content of /etc/gpm.conf? You are doing this outside of X, right? Not just in a terminal window from within X? (CC:ing this to you, as I vaguely remember you asking such, although I could be confusing you with someone else, so sorry if I'm inappropriately CC:ing you.) -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
