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- From: tjrc1@cus.cam.ac.uk (T.J.R. Cutts)
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- Subject: Re: Problem: ps/2 mouse
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.124002.18398@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 12:40:02 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan11.041355.4284@e2big.mko.dec.com> pfau@coffee.enet.dec.com (Thomas Pfau) writes:
- >
- >I've finally gotten X running under Linux 0.98pl5 on my wd90c30. Now I'm
- >having trouble with the mouse.
- >
- >/usr/X386/tst/mouse/mouse returns garbage as I move the mouse around.
- >When X comes up, the mouse just jumps around, mostly along the top of the
- >screen. It doesn't respond to button presses.
- >
- >Anyone know what's wrong?
-
- I saw this when I told tst/mouse/mouse or Xconfig that the mouse was
- MouseSystems mouse when it was in Microsoft mode. Do you have a
- MS/Mousesystems switchable serial mouse? I'm assuming you do. Make sure the
- mode of the mouse corresponds correctly! If your mouse has a physical switch
- to change its mode you're a really lucky person, and the procedure is obvious.
- If not, then you will need to make sure you set the mode on power-up, usually
- by holding down a mouse button. On my system, I can also get the mouse into
- MouseSystems 3-button mode by holding the middle button down while starting X.
- In fact, I need to do this _every_ time.
-
- For some mice, this can be done by a small program written by Rob Nation.
- Plenty of people out there have this program (I don't, so don't ask me; it
- didn't work on my system).
-
- Hope this helps.
-
- Tim.
-