From: viggo@diku.dk (Allan Kim Schougaard) Subject: Re: Bus Mouse Tester > not working > WORKING Date: 21 Aug 1992 12:54:10 GMT
rafetmad@cheshire.oxy.edu (David Giller) writes:
>viggo@diku.dk (Allan Kim Schougaard) wrote:
>>gt6698a@prism.gatech.EDU (Andrew Hobson) writes:
>>
>>>I have a bus mouse, but linux 97 patch 1 does not recognize it.
>>
>>I have tried :
>>
>># cat /dev/bm
>>cat: bm: Try again
>Actually, this is the proper behaviour.
>>And:
>>
>># mouse Microsoft /dev/bm
>>Play with mouse. Press Ctrl-c to ...
>>{nothing happens}
>>Finished
>>During boot Linux displays the message:
>>
>>Busmouse detected and installed.
>>
>>The jumpers are installed at IRQ3 port 02c8 (not sure about the port)
>>and the mouse workes perfectly in dos.
>Ah, here's a problem. Most mice are configured on IRQ5, and so
>the mouse driver assumes that. If you can recompile the kernel, you
>can change this (it is trivial, but you must recompile the kernel).
>I don't have any idea how to autodetect what IRQ the mouse is on.
I have changed the setting to IRQ5 and... (wait for it) It works!!
So MicroSoft BusMouse *does* work under Linux, and very well.
When I change the speed to 10Mhz even the 'cat /dev/bm' workes, but at
40Mhz it doesn't (and I haven't a clue as to why not).
The mouse testprogram takes a littel time to start but then keeps
scrolling, action or no action. And ofcause X works.
I also have a trackball on COM1, and before changing the IRQ on the
BusMouse that didn't work either. Now it works too (!?!)
But when using the mouse testprogram the program only displays new
data when the ball is moved.
The point is that I would hate to have X receiving and processing a
lot of parcels saying "no movement". Can I check if this is the case?
And if so, how can I change it ?
But basicly I am Very Happy :-)
Viggo@freja.dk