On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM Norby Droid via Freedos-user <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > I have noticed an issue with the mouse in FreeDOS 1.4 that wasn't > there in 1.3. > > Whenever I start FreeDOS with a mouse installed and I use programs, > the program acts as if there is a mouse button held down, and it > prevents me from usin the keyboard as well. > > I have tested this with both ctmouse and mouse.com with the same > results. > > I use an Inspiron 530 on a mechanical hard drive with a usb keyboard > and mouse. Currently the mouse used is a PS/2 mouse connected to a > ps/2 to USB adapter. That may/may not make a differnce. I don't > have a USB mouse to test with.
This sounds like a hardware problem. FreeDOS 1.4 uses the same kernel as FreeDOS 1.3, so this can't be a kernel regression. You said that you get the same problem with both Cutemouse and Mouse.com, so I don't suspect a problem in the Cutemouse driver. The laptop has a built-in mousepad (aka "touchpad") and you've connected a mouse as well. Can you try this *without* connecting the mouse and see what happens? Best to start with the simplest case, and start debugging there. _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
