Re: X server and PS/2 mouse problem

2001-07-06 Thread Kent West
Simon Lang wrote: I am faced with a conundrum. I am running a new inst of Debian and have discovered my mouse will not work properly. The main problem with the mous is the fact that the pointer does not show up on the screen properly. The pointer is limited to a space of 1/4cm strip along th

Re: X server and PS/2 mouse problem

2001-07-06 Thread Mike
Simon Lang wrote: > I am faced with a conundrum. > > I am running a new inst of Debian and have discovered my mouse will not work > properly. The main problem with the mous is the fact that the pointer does > not show up on the screen properly. The pointer is limited to a space of > 1/4cm strip

Re: X server and PS/2 mouse problem

2001-07-06 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I am running a new inst of Debian and have discovered > my mouse will not work properly. The main problem > with the mous is the fact that the pointer does not show > up on the screen properly. The pointer is limited to a space > of 1/4cm strip along the botton of the screen and responds > errati

Re: X server and PS/2 mouse problem

2001-07-06 Thread D-Man
On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 05:10:13PM +, Simon Lang wrote: (summary) o mouse doesn't work in X o mouse works on console (with gpm) Solution : edit /etc/gpm/gpm.conf and change the reapeat_type to "raw". Note what the protocol is that gpm is using (probably "ps2"). Then edit /etc/X11/XF

Re: X server and PS/2 mouse problem

2001-07-06 Thread Matthias Gasser
If im the console the mouse works, you can try to youse the /dev/gpmdata. It works fine on my boxes. Look in your XFconfig file which device your X Server uses. Of course the GPM demon must be running. greets matthias On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 05:10:13PM +, Simon Lang wrote: > I am faced with

X server and PS/2 mouse problem

2001-07-06 Thread Simon Lang
I am faced with a conundrum. I am running a new inst of Debian and have discovered my mouse will not work properly. The main problem with the mous is the fact that the pointer does not show up on the screen properly. The pointer is limited to a space of 1/4cm strip along the botton of the scre