On 7 Oct 98 21:04:22 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adrian Gudas) wrote: >Help! I've installed X, and it works, but the mouse doesn't work (at >all). I'm thrashing around like a spastic cat trying to get back into >shell, but I can't, and without the mouse, how am I supposed to change >my config?
You can manually edit /etc/X11/XF86Config and change the section titled "Pointer" to something different. >PS: The mouse is an IntelliMouse. I specified this. Any known >problems/anything else I forgot to do? I've got a PS2 IntelliMouse and have had all sorts of fun and games with it. It's currently specified as "IMPS/2" in XF86Config, which gives me access to the wheel and middle button. However, PS2 flips out if two programs are trying to read it, so make sure you're not running gpm in the console whilst running X. You would also need PS2 compiled into your kernel. View the file /proc/interrupts to see whether you've got an interrupt assigned to the PS2 port (probably IRQ 12). If not then you'll need to recompile the kernel. >What should I use as a backup plan? Look at the manuals for the program "gpm". It can be set up to read your IntelliMouse from the console, and can use trickery to pipe the input through to X. Basically, run gpm with the '-R' switch and use "GPMData" and "MouseSystems" as the entries in /etc/X11/XF86Config (if I'm remembering this correctly - check the manpages for the specifics of this method). If you've got a serial mouse... Don't know, never tried, sorry. Rob Wilderspin -- "But I need it to crash once every few days - reboots are the only chance I get to sleep..." ----------------------= (send replies to rob@)
