On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Fred Lenk wrote:
> Fixed a weird problem. After running startx, the mouse
> wouldn't move the cursor unless I ended the GUI session,
> ran mouseconfig, and ran startx again. If I ended the
> GUI session and logged off as root, I had to do the
> same thing next time I logged in.
>
> I replaced the MS serial mouse version 2.1 with a
> version 2.0 serial mouse. Problem fixed!
>
> Anybody know the difference between these meeces?
It's in the FAQ....
E.8.13 I have a Microsoft serial mouse, and Linux doesn't want to work
with
it. What can I do to fix it?
It has been found that the 2 button Microsoft Mouse of version 2.1A or
greater is a "smart" mouse. It has been speculated that it is looking
for wakeup signals from Windows, or it will not respond back to the
computer.
This causes X and/or gpm to not work with Linux because the mouse is
not responding in a way these programs are expecting. To "reset" the
mouse to work with these programs, you can follow one of several
methods. Use mouseconfig to set things up before running X.
mouseconfig --kickstart --device cuaX
where X is either 0 (for com 1) or 1 (for com2)
Another solution is to get gpm-1.13, run as gpm -t pnp -R, and
configure XFree86 for MouseSystems Protocol with /dev/gpmdata as the
device.
I use the second option and all is well.
Alex
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