..booooo, should be: Dead rodent, was: Help Please!!

From: Arnt Karlsen (arnt_at_c2i.net)
Date: 08/24/03

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    Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 23:09:49 +0200
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    On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 15:28:57 -0400,
    William Bradley <bradleyw@magma.ca> wrote in message
    <200308241528.57415.bradleyw@magma.ca>:

    > I have installed Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 rl "Woody" Official i386. The
    > installation is not as graphic as some but it got the job done without
    > a lot of trouble, except for one item. The mouse did not work. It is
    > an off the shelf Logitech PS/2 mouse with a wheel. There is nothing
    > wrong with the mouse, I tested it on the Windows, which will dual boot
    > on the same machine.
    >
    > This is the first time I have not been able to get a common or garden
    > variety mouse to work on a linux OS and I have installed a whole
    > variety of them over the years. Two members of this list have been
    > very kind with their help but the problem is still there.
    >
    > Following is my XF86Config-4 set up for the mouse:
    >
    > Section "InputDevice"
    > Identifier "Configured Mouse"
    > Driver "mouse"
    > Option "CorePointer"
    > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"

    ..use "/dev/gpmdata"...(or was it gpm-data?)...

    > Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
    > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    > End Section
    >
    > Section "ServerLayout"
    > [... more blah ...]
    > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "CorePointer"
    > [... more blah ...]
    > EndSection
    >
    > gpm was installed by me but has since been removed. The result either
    > way was the same.
    >
    > If I enter at the command line: cat /dev/psaux <enter> then move the
    > mouse, it will write garbage to the screen with the movement of the
    > mouse.
    >
    > Any help would be appreciated,

    ...then [ctrl]+[alt]+[F3] and try get gpm working. 

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