On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:56:30PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 01:05:40PM -0400, Wayne wrote: > > Hi, > > To install Debian , for the first time, I used > > the CD from the book "Debian GNU/Linux Bible" > > When I assign my mouse protocol PS/2 and selected > > the /dev/psaux with Emulate3Button my systems > > hangs. I have to reboot. If I use Microsoft and > > /dev/ttyS01 it works. When I boot my system, > > That suggests that the mouse is connected to the serial port, not the > ps2 port. Sure enough it shouldn't work with /dev/psaux then. > Or did you mean to say that you tried it both with a ps2 mouse > and with a different serial mouse? > > But to hang your whole machine? Perhaps it is just Xwindows that > freezes (maybe only for a minute or so). > > There were some ps2 keyboard problems with kernels below 2.2.19 > IIRC, so it would be worth a try to install a newer kernel than > the one that came with the installer (2.2.17?) > > > I see that my port PS/2 is recognize. Does anyone > > You probably mean that the kernel prints a message at boot time, > indicated that it found the ps2 port controller chip in your > system and that it activated a driver for it. Maybe there > is a bug in the kernel, maybe it is in your cabling. Impossible > to tell from your data. >
I agree, I've had some problems with the PS/2 port on my system, in that I have a PS/2 controller on my board, but no external port, so every time I try to set up my mouse it automatically tries to configure the PS/2 port (Which has been quite often of late as I'm rather new to all this). So yes... Be afraid... (I'm sorry, I couldn't think of anything else to say)
