Re: Help Please!!

From: Kent West (westk_at_acu.edu)
Date: 08/25/03

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    Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 09:06:46 -0500
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    William Bradley wrote:

    >I have installed Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 rl "Woody" Official i386.
    >
    <snip>

    >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.
    >
    <snip>

    >Following is my XF86Config-4 set up for the mouse:
    >
    >Section "InputDevice"
    > Identifier "Configured Mouse"
    > Driver "mouse"
    > Option "CorePointer"
    > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    > 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.
    >

    I'd recommend getting the mouse to work with gpm first, as it's simpler
    to diagnose. So, first "apt-get install gpm". As part of the install,
    that'll run "gpmconfig", and you'll need to specify the mouse location
    to be "/dev/psaux", the type to be "imps2", and the repeat type to be
    "raw" (assuming you keep gpm, so it'll repeat the raw data to the X
    mouse driver, which will also entail configuring X to look to
    "/dev/gpmdata" instead of "/dev/psaux").

    I know you said "the result either way [with gpm or not] was the same",
    but let us know the results again after doing this. 

    -- 
Kent
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