Hi,
On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, Lothan wrote:
> I installed Redhat Linux 6.1 last night but am having a dickens of a time
> getting my mouse to work with X. I had been using a really, really old
> version of Linux so I reformatted the drive and started a clean install. I'm
> using a Microsoft Intellimouse (the optical version) connected to the PS/2
> Mouse port. When I run startx, the mouse pointer sits in the top right
> corner of the screen and won't budge. Moving the mouse just causes it to pop
> up some menus. I edited the XF86Config file and changed it from PS/2 to
> Microsoft but now the mouse pointer sits in the top left corner. Any idea
> how to get this mouse working?
maybe (I don't have such a mouse) it will work if you specify "IMPS/2" as
the protocol (because this actually is 'IntelliMouse over PS/2').
Nils
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