On 5/1/05, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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?
Yes, I'm doing it on the usual console, not under X. Here's the file content of gpm.conf: device=ttyS0 responsiveness= repeat_type=ms3 type=msc append='' sample_rate= I tried 2 - 3 times just now, changing between ms, msc and logi protocols but after starting gpm, nothing happens and still ps -ef|grep gpm gives nothing. > (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.) Nevermind, but I don't need it. Thanks Deboo
