The symlink thing that someone suggested seems to fix it!! Thanks
people! I'm not sure what is going on still - so maybe I'll try to
install gpm as I don't seem to have it at present.
Sarah
Nicole Zimmerman wrote:
>
> Make sure you have gpm installed. :o) Same thing happened to me before I
> installed it.
>
> If you already do, that could be another problem (obviously!) ;o)
>
> Also if you don't have the correct device in X (like the correct mouse
> type), X won't be happy. On my work machine this was reflected by the
> mouse only going about 50 pixels from the edges... and the mouse would
> click itself for me (how considerate, eh?). Once I told it to point to
> /dev/mouse (regardless of what kind of mouse it thought it was), it fixed
> the problem (twice, I had to tell vmware to do the same after seeing the
> same erratic behaviour).
>
> -nicole
>
> > My system is a clunky old Pentium 133, with a serial mouse (on ttyS0 I
> > think), and serial modem (on ttyS1). I have recently installed Corel
> > Linux (Debian with a slightly modified KDE desktop) and it's mostly
> > working...
> > I have no Win or MS os on the machine at all, and although it has a PCI
> > network card, it's standalone right now.
> >
> > The weirdness is: Every so often I boot up and have a mouse cursor, but
> > no mouse operation. Right from when the x-server starts up (before KDE
> > displays its login dialog) the X cursor is no go.
> >
> > I checked /dev and it seems there is no "mouse" file/device in there
> > when this happens. The plot thickens - no-one leave the room!
>
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