From: cbvetter@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Chris Vetter) Subject: Re: mouse trouble Date: 28 Sep 1993 14:09:40 GMT
Tony Cifelli wrote:
> The woes continue. Will Tony get X up and running? Tune
> in next week ....
We will see :)
> Well thanks to someone who mailed me a re-compiled Xserver
> my ATI GU+ is now displaying the X environment. It appears
> that the next hurdle to surpass is getting the mouse to
> work. Its is stuck in the center of the screen.
Had that one too ... Seems to be using a wrong /device ...
> I am using the mouse that comes with the GU+. It is a busmouse.
> It is connected to IRQ2. In DOS, the driver it uses is a
> Microsoft Busmouse. When I re-compile the Linux kernel with
Ah-ha, Busmouse, should remind that !
> this option, set my Xconfig to Microsoft/Busmouse and set
You DON'T *NEED* to, I didn't configure LinuX kernel with any mouse support,
and everything worls VERY fine :)
> the appropriate link for /dev/mouse the X Server fails to
Here it is ... wrong device ... use /dev/ttyS0 and everything should be right.
> startup at all, saying it couldn't initialize the mouse
> (a core device). When I re-compile the kernel specifying
> the Logitech busmouse, and do the appropriate things
> in Xconfig and /dev/mouse, the X environment comes up,
> but the mouse is not working. BTW, during restart, the
> kernel detects a Logitech mouse. When I use the Microsoft
> option in the kernel, the mouse is not detected during
> restarts.
>
> What could be the problem?
See above.
> Are my IRQs ok?
Yep :)
> Can I tell Linux to use IRQ2 for the mouse explicitly?
Don't need to, see above.
> Why is Linux detecting a Logitech mouse while DOS sees a Microsoft
> busmouse?
Because Logitech (Pilot) IS busmouse ...
> I have a Fax/modem on COM1 (using IRQ4). Could
> this be the complicating factor?
Nope, this is LinuX, not MS-DOG ;)
> How do I tell Linux I have a Fax/modem there?
Dunno, thou ...
> regards,
> Tony.
--Chris
Don't you know, that, if you start Linux on DOS (ROTFL), it deletes all files with the string 'Microsoft' in it? - Fritz Ganter -