I had the same problem. I have the new microsoft mouse connected to the ps/2
adapter. Go to /etc/rc.d/rc.local.
You should find a line:
gpm -t ms
or something like that.
Change that to
gpm -t psaux
(i think...type 'man gpm' and find out if this is right).
and reboot.
This will allow you to use the mouse in text mode. Now this is where my
problem comes in. X11 won't run because it says it can't open the mouse
device...because its being used by gpm. So i type a gpm -k to kill the gpm
process. I can then run X11. However, when i get back to text mode,
re-running gpm hangs linux. (i'm using gpm 1.00)
any help out there in netland?
>I have just installed Linux Slackware version. I have also installed
Xfree86.
> I thought I had configured everything properly but found out different when
>I started Xwindows. I had no mouse. I went back into setup and told it that
>I had a PS/2 Style mouse instead of an MS serial one. The mouse tried to
work
>but was not controllable. I tried to change the confiuration file for X to
>correspond to a PS/2 type mouse. That just X to loop and not start. Had to
>re-boot on that one. Now, I am at a loss. Does anyone have any suggestions?
>Anything would be appreciated.
>Mickey
>Mickey Alberto
>http://www.sat.net/~calbert
Naris Siamwalla
Art in Motion Co., Ltd.
Bangkok, Thailand
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