On Mon, 9 Jul 2001 01:35:08 Col. Mojo T. Wiggley wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Khavkine Igor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Newsgroups: linux.debian.user >Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 7:20 PM >Subject: PS/2 mouse problems > > >> I have an Asus P5A motherboard and I'm >> running Linux-2.4.5, custom compiled. >> >> I have a problem using my PS/2 mouse port. >> I have enabled PS/2 mouse support in >> the kernel. I get this message >> when the computer boots up: >> ... >> Starting kswapd v1.8 >> Detected PS/2 Mouse Port. <--- >> pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured >> ... >> However when I try to use the mouse >> with gpm or X, it just doesn't work! >> (I've tried protocols, PS/2 and microsoft). >> I've noticed that /proc/interrupts >> does not contain a line for interrupt >> 12, which is supposed to be reserved for >> PS/2. I think this could be a symptom >> of something, but I don't know what. >> >> I've tried disabling and enabling >> PS/2 support from the BIOS, but neither >> option has any effect. >> >> If anyone could shed some light on this >> situation or offer any advice, they'd >> be more then welcome. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Igor > >Sounds like a problem I had. In my case, I opened up the XF86Config file >(in etc/X11 I think) in vi, scrolled down to the mouse settings and found >that "PS/2" was in lowercase... I changed it to uppercase and it worked >(after much hair-pulling). Sounds crazy I know, and I don't know why this >isn't all over the net, but it's worth a look. Let me know if it works >out... I'm interested in knowing if I'm the only one with this problem. >
Unfortunately the problem was not only with X, but with gpm and anything else that used the mouse. So I doubt it woas something with my configuration, I think it's a problem with the PS/2 driver. But thanks for the tip. Igor Get 250 color business cards for FREE! http://businesscards.lycos.com/vp/fastpath/
