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- From: jem@snakemail.hut.fi (Johan Myreen)
- Subject: Re: logitech trackball at PS/2 port
- In-Reply-To: rboehm@colix.col.dec.com's message of Thu, 7 Jan 1993 10:48:10 GMT
- Message-ID: <JEM.93Jan8223747@lk-hp-6.hut.fi>
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- Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
- References: <1993Jan7.104810.7321@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
- Date: 08 Jan 93 20:37:47 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan7.104810.7321@ryn.mro4.dec.com> rboehm@colix.col.dec.com (Rudolf Boehm) writes:
-
- >There is only one problem:
-
- >Connecting the trackball to the serialport works ( /dev/ttys0 ).
-
- >But using the PS/2 Port fails ( I tried nearly everything
- >/dev/ttys?,/dev/mouse, different baudrates but no succses)
-
- >The PS/2 port is not damaged because it works under MESSY-DOS
-
- This is not a FAQ anymore, it's a VFAQ.
-
- 1. Create the following device
-
- mknod /dev/psaux c 10 1
-
- 2. To use the mouse with X, grab the mconv protocol converter from
- sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/ps2mouse-emul.c.
-
- 3. Read the instructions.
-
- 4. Be happy.
-
- --
- Johan Myreen
- jem@cs.hut.fi
-