Will Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Gregory Guthrie wrote: > > The XF86 config file points to /dev/mouse, which is a link to a serial > > port, but, my mouse is not on S0/S1. > the correct PS/2 mouse port is /dev/psaux. > > > How should /dev/mouse be setup for this, in windows it is a separate port > > at IRQ 12. > use /dev/psaux and it'll be taken care of automatically. You might do > > rm /dev/mouse > ln -s /dev/psax /dev/mouse > > to make a new /dev/mouse link that points to /dev/psaux, and then use > /dev/mouse instead of /dev/psaux. That way if for some reason you ever > need to use a serial mouse, you can just change the link rather than > reconfiguring every piece of software that uses the mouse.
My system has a /dev/psmouse that is the same device as /dev/psaux as far as I can tell... I have a PS/2 port on the motherboard (it's an Intel TX chipset board) and I tried hooking my Logitech trackball to it but it managed to make the computer very upset -- the keyboard locked up! Also when I tried to start X without the mouse plugged in - but with it configured to use /dev/psmouse - it wouldn't start. Both times I had to log in over the ethernet and fix the problem by rebooting (keyboard lockup) or killing the X processes (mouse problem). Anyone get this to work? I'd like to be able to hook up a terminal to the serial port that i've been using for mouse. --Bill. -- William R Ward Bay View Consulting http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1803 Mission St. #339 voicemail +1 408/479-4072 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Santa Cruz CA 95060 USA pager +1 408/458-8862 PGP Key 0x2BD331E5; Public key at http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/pubkey.txt -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
