On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 07:56:48AM -0500, Bob Edwards wrote:
>
> [...]
> The line in the /etc/gpm.conf file
> reads : "type =PS/2", so I changed
> the same line to "type=PS/2" in
> the XF86Config file.
I just did the same thing yesterday, and I also got into trouble...
> In the /etc/gpm.conf file there is
> a symbolic link from /dev/mouse
> to /etc/gpmdata.
>
> However, in the /etc/gpm.conf.file,
> an earlier line reads:
> device "/etc/psaux".
>
> There is not a symbolic link
> between /dev/psaux to
> /dev/mouse.
>
> I took care of most of the keyboard
> problems, the only thing is that I have
> a microsoft natural keyboard, and I
> cannot use the number pad on the far
> right. Everything else on the keyboard
> works fine, and the server no longer
> sends me error messages when
> I try to start x.
>
> For your review, relevant sections of
> my XF86Config file as it now stands:
>
> **************************
> keyboard section
>
> Protocol "standard"
> AutoRepeat 500 5
> XkbModel "Microsoft"
>
> EndSection
> ***************************
> Section Pointer
>
> Protocol "PS/2"
^^^^^^
You may want to try "Microsoft" instead.
That was given as the default protocol during my XF86Config.
Well, I thought that couldn't be right (although the mouse was moving perfectly
with it) as I also have a PS/2 mouse.
So I changed the protocol to "PS/2" and the "device to "/dev/psaux" and the
mouse was frozen forever...
> Device "/dev/gpmdata"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This should be OK.
> BaudRate 1200
> #ZaxisMapping 4 5
> Buttons 3
>
> EndSection
> **************************
>
> X does start, and the pointer goes to
> the bottom of the screen, but it will
> only move back and forth across the
> bottom of the screen, but not
> up and down.
I hope the highlighted settings work for you as they do for me.
Kind regards,
Andreas.
