Phil-- Thanks for the note. Indeed I did try your suggestion and received the error message:
"can't locate module psaux" If indeed the PS/2 port is not enabled how do I go about doing this? Also, how does one determine which kernel of Debian I'm using? When the computer boots up it gives me SYSLINUX 1.42. Was I hoodwinked into buying an old distribution by less than honest computer software resellers. (OK, so I mostly bought it for the book but it also made it easy to get the program to install. I don't have easy access to a CD burner to get the image files off the net and onto my unnetworked desktop running Linux). Thanks again, Brendan ----- Original Message ----- From: Phil Brutsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Brendan O'Brien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>; <recipient list not shown: ;> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 6:44 PM Subject: Re: Linux and PS/2 > A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > > Hello-- > > > > > > I would appreciate some help with the installation of my mouse. I'm > > trying to get my old 100MHz pentium up and running with Linux alone > > and I can't seem to get the mouse installed correctly. I know it > > still works because I had originally installed another version of > > Linux (Corel) and it worked fine with KDE. I went to the Debian > > distribution because Corel was just too big to run efficiently on my > > rickety old machine. Running xf86config and picking the PS/2 mouse > > just isn't doing the trick. > > > > Interestingly enough, I happened to read the XF86Config file before > > removing the Corel version and it didn't appear to be much, if any, > > different from the Debian version installed now. > > > > Please help me, won't you? My X has fallen and it can't get up! > > The obvious question is: do you have PS/2 mouse support enabled in your > kernel? If you're using the 2.0 kernel, it's likely that you aren't > loading the driver for the PS/2 mouse. Try doing a 'modprobe psaux' > before you start X11. > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the > universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
