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Hi All:

Can anyone help me get this damn mouse to
work in Linux. I have a Compaq Prolinea 5120
PC with a PS2 Logitech mouse. I set the
XF86Config to Protocol "PS/2" and Device "/dev/ttyS0"
but it doesn't do anything in X or in mouse-test.
I know this has been asked before. Is there a FAQ
somewhere that stores the responses to questions
like this??

Any help would make my New Year much brighter.

Thanks,

Sean

Quote:> Hi All:

> Can anyone help me get this damn mouse to
> work in Linux. I have a Compaq Prolinea 5120
> PC with a PS2 Logitech mouse. I set the
> XF86Config to Protocol "PS/2" and Device "/dev/ttyS0"

Quote:> but it doesn't do anything in X or in mouse-test.
> I know this has been asked before. Is there a FAQ
> somewhere that stores the responses to questions
> like this??

Sean,

I have a ps/2 mouse that didn't work at first, either.  I had to comment
out the gpm lines from /etc/rc.d/rc.local.  Then, it worked.

Hope this helps,
Tom

: Sean,
:
: I have a ps/2 mouse that didn't work at first, either.  I had to comment
: out the gpm lines from /etc/rc.d/rc.local.  Then, it worked.
:
alternatively you can use gpm in "repeater"-mode ("gpm -R", see manpage for
details). If you do this, you have to use /dev/gpmdata as mouse-device and
MouseSystems as protocol in your XF86Config-file. If you use an old version
of gpm, that doesn't support "-R", you should upgrade to a newer version, or
kill the gpm before you start the X-Server (for example with "gpm -k").
The reason for this is the single-open-limitation for busmouse-devices.

hope, that helps,
cia,