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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Mouse not recognized, driver not installed! Please help.
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.164537.14662@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Keywords: mouse, driver, install
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <n9dnakm.abe@netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 16:45:37 GMT
- Lines: 29
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- In article <n9dnakm.abe@netcom.com> abe@netcom.com (David Abercrombie) writes:
- >I just installed OS/2 on a SCSI system with DOS and I have
- >a major problem. Can anyone help me please?
- >How can I get OS/2 to use my Microsoft mouse on com1? It
- >works fine under DOS, but when I boot OS/2 with the boot manager,
- >I get the following error message (after the OS/2 logos):
- > SYS1201: The device driver "D:\OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS" specified
- > in the device commmand on line 62 of CONFIG.SYS was not
- > installed. Line 62 is ignored.
- >I hit "enter" to boot OS/2, but I do not get a mouse! I sometimes
- >see the little watchclock cursor symbol flashing only. How can
- >I get my mouse to work?
- >line 41: FCBS=16,8
- >line 42: RMSIZE=640
- >line 43: DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VEMM.SYS
- >line 44: DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VMOUSE.SYS
-
- Put this line (44) after line 60, below, but before line 61.
-
- >line 59: DEVICE=D:\OS2\POINTDD.SYS
- >line 60: DEVICE=D:\OS2\MOUSE.SYS SERIAL=COM1
- >line 61: DEVICE=D:\OS2\COM.SYS
- >line 62: DEVICE=D:\OS2\MDOS\VCOM.SYS
-
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