Very Computer

It seems as if I'm having the same problems as several other people, but I
havent seen any answers yet.  I have a Toshiba laptop with an Intelli
Point (Eraser) builtin mouse that works just fine in Linux.  I wanted a
real mouse, so I bought a three butten Mouse Systems mouse with a PS/2
connection.  I've tried all the settings for gpm, and under the best ones,
all it does is to jump around to the corners, and act as if I was pressing
buttons when you move it.  I figure the problem is that I havent gotten
gpm set up w/ the right configuration for my mouse - Can I do it?  Is
there something I'm missing, or a patch to add support for my mouse?

        Thanks Alot,
        Jon

The mouse on a Tosh laptop uses IRQ 12, exactly the IRQ the pcmcia
services decides to use on start up.

to get around it type '/etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S45pcmcia stop' run gpm and run
/etc/rc.d/rc3.d/s45pcmcia start'.

Hope this is of use

Stuart MacMillan

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> It seems as if I'm having the same problems as several other people, but I
> havent seen any answers yet.  I have a Toshiba laptop with an Intelli
> Point (Eraser) builtin mouse that works just fine in Linux.  I wanted a
> real mouse, so I bought a three butten Mouse Systems mouse with a PS/2
> connection.  I've tried all the settings for gpm, and under the best ones,
> all it does is to jump around to the corners, and act as if I was pressing
> buttons when you move it.  I figure the problem is that I havent gotten
> gpm set up w/ the right configuration for my mouse - Can I do it?  Is
> there something I'm missing, or a patch to add support for my mouse?

-mdf

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I also have a PS2 mouse as well as a MouseSystem compatible
mouse : I have to click on the middle button when the
laptop is starting (you must power the laptop off and wait a
bit in order that all capacities are discharged, then press
the button and power the laptop. As soon as it's started,
you can release the button).

Then you can only run : gpm -t msc

Later

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Alexandra BAC


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Quote:>I also have a PS2 mouse as well as a MouseSystem compatible
>mouse : I have to click on the middle button when the
>laptop is starting (you must power the laptop off and wait a
>bit in order that all capacities are discharged, then press
>the button and power the laptop. As soon as it's started,
>you can release the button).

>Then you can only run : gpm -t msc