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- From: bradshaw@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Jonathan Bradshaw)
- Subject: Solution: Bus Mouse problem with X-Windows
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- Organization: Purdue University
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 21:05:08 GMT
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- Thanks to pete cervasio who pointed out I should try setting Linux to
- IRQ 9 even though my MS bus mouse was in IRQ 2 I can now use X!
-
- >You probably need to change the definition to 9. On AT and later class
- >machines, IRQ 2 is a cascade from the second interrupt controller, and
- >the IRQ 2 line actually goes to the second controller as IRQ 9. I'm
- >using that IRQ here for my Wangtek tape drive. Under DOS I tell the
- >backup software to use IRQ 2, but under Linux I had to tell the qic-02
- >driver to use IRQ 9.
-
- Well, it works fine. /usr/src/linux/include/linux/busmouse.h is the
- file that needs to be changed. Thanks!
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