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by **Med Bennet** » Sat, 13 Mar 1999 04:00:00

I am having problems similar to that described by Chad Dale in an
earlier post. When I start Xfree86, the mouse cursor starts in the
middle of the screen, but any movement of the mouse causes the cursor to
jump to the upper left corner and stay there, or twitch slightly, but
it's basically useless. I have a very standard Microsoft 2-button PS/2
mouse (v. 2.0A) attached to a Dell P133, 48MB RAM. I've tried various
mouse settings via mouseconfig to no avail. When I kill X with
Ctrl-Alt-Bksp, I see on the screen the message "Warning: /dev/mouse
unable to get status of mouse fd (Inappropriate ioctl for device)".
Thanks in advance for any suggestions -

Med Bennett

by **Josh Mille** » Sat, 13 Mar 1999 04:00:00

Have you tried editing the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config in the mouse section...
the line
# Emulate3Buttons
You may need to just remove the hash mark. worked for me on one of my mice. You could also be using
the wrong mouse protocol... but who knows.

> I am having problems similar to that described by Chad Dale in an
> earlier post. When I start Xfree86, the mouse cursor starts in the
> middle of the screen, but any movement of the mouse causes the cursor to
> jump to the upper left corner and stay there, or twitch slightly, but
> it's basically useless. I have a very standard Microsoft 2-button PS/2
> mouse (v. 2.0A) attached to a Dell P133, 48MB RAM. I've tried various
> mouse settings via mouseconfig to no avail. When I kill X with
> Ctrl-Alt-Bksp, I see on the screen the message "Warning: /dev/mouse
> unable to get status of mouse fd (Inappropriate ioctl for device)".
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions -

> Med Bennett

by **Alie** » Wed, 17 Mar 1999 04:00:00

I have a same MS 2-button PS2 mouse like yours. While I was installing the
RH5.2, I use the wrong protocol. After installing, I have to run
mouseconfig to select the right protocol--Generic Mouse (PS2) for it. If
you run stratx immediately, the mouse wouldn't work. I have to re-run
XConfigurator to setup the X-windows again. Then the mouse would work. You
may want to try this.

jsf

Quote:>Have you tried editing the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config in the mouse
section...
>the line
># Emulate3Buttons
>You may need to just remove the hash mark. worked for me on one of my mice.

You could also be using

>the wrong mouse protocol... but who knows.

>> I am having problems similar to that described by Chad Dale in an
>> earlier post. When I start Xfree86, the mouse cursor starts in the
>> middle of the screen, but any movement of the mouse causes the cursor to
>> jump to the upper left corner and stay there, or twitch slightly, but
>> it's basically useless. I have a very standard Microsoft 2-button PS/2
>> mouse (v. 2.0A) attached to a Dell P133, 48MB RAM. I've tried various
>> mouse settings via mouseconfig to no avail. When I kill X with
>> Ctrl-Alt-Bksp, I see on the screen the message "Warning: /dev/mouse
>> unable to get status of mouse fd (Inappropriate ioctl for device)".
>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions -

>> Med Bennett

by **Alie** » Sat, 20 Mar 1999 04:00:00

I have a same MS 2-button PS2 mouse like yours. While I was installing the
RH5.2, I use the wrong protocol. After installing, I have to run
mouseconfig to select the right protocol--Generic Mouse (PS2) for it. If
you run stratx immediately, the mouse wouldn't work. I have to re-run
XConfigurator to setup the X-windows again. Then the mouse would work. You
may want to try this.

jsf

Quote:>Have you tried editing the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config in the mouse
section...
>the line
># Emulate3Buttons
>You may need to just remove the hash mark. worked for me on one of my mice.

You could also be using

>the wrong mouse protocol... but who knows.

>> I am having problems similar to that described by Chad Dale in an
>> earlier post. When I start Xfree86, the mouse cursor starts in the
>> middle of the screen, but any movement of the mouse causes the cursor to
>> jump to the upper left corner and stay there, or twitch slightly, but
>> it's basically useless. I have a very standard Microsoft 2-button PS/2
>> mouse (v. 2.0A) attached to a Dell P133, 48MB RAM. I've tried various
>> mouse settings via mouseconfig to no avail. When I kill X with
>> Ctrl-Alt-Bksp, I see on the screen the message "Warning: /dev/mouse
>> unable to get status of mouse fd (Inappropriate ioctl for device)".
>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions -

>> Med Bennett

by **Alie** » Sat, 20 Mar 1999 04:00:00

I have a same MS 2-button PS2 mouse like yours. While I was installing the
RH5.2, I use the wrong protocol. After installing, I have to run
mouseconfig to select the right protocol--Generic Mouse (PS2) for it. If
you run stratx immediately, the mouse wouldn't work. I have to re-run
XConfigurator to setup the X-windows again. Then the mouse would work. You
may want to try this.

jsf

Quote:>Have you tried editing the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config in the mouse
section...
>the line
># Emulate3Buttons
>You may need to just remove the hash mark. worked for me on one of my mice.

You could also be using

>the wrong mouse protocol... but who knows.

>> I am having problems similar to that described by Chad Dale in an
>> earlier post. When I start Xfree86, the mouse cursor starts in the
>> middle of the screen, but any movement of the mouse causes the cursor to
>> jump to the upper left corner and stay there, or twitch slightly, but
>> it's basically useless. I have a very standard Microsoft 2-button PS/2
>> mouse (v. 2.0A) attached to a Dell P133, 48MB RAM. I've tried various
>> mouse settings via mouseconfig to no avail. When I kill X with
>> Ctrl-Alt-Bksp, I see on the screen the message "Warning: /dev/mouse
>> unable to get status of mouse fd (Inappropriate ioctl for device)".
>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions -

>> Med Bennett

by **Alie** » Sat, 20 Mar 1999 04:00:00

I have a same MS 2-button PS2 mouse like yours. While I was installing the
RH5.2, I use the wrong protocol. After installing, I have to run
mouseconfig to select the right protocol--Generic Mouse (PS2) for it. If
you run stratx immediately, the mouse wouldn't work. I have to re-run
XConfigurator to setup the X-windows again. Then the mouse would work. You
may want to try this.

jsf

Quote:>Have you tried editing the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config in the mouse
section...
>the line
># Emulate3Buttons
>You may need to just remove the hash mark. worked for me on one of my mice.

You could also be using

>the wrong mouse protocol... but who knows.

>> I am having problems similar to that described by Chad Dale in an
>> earlier post. When I start Xfree86, the mouse cursor starts in the
>> middle of the screen, but any movement of the mouse causes the cursor to
>> jump to the upper left corner and stay there, or twitch slightly, but
>> it's basically useless. I have a very standard Microsoft 2-button PS/2
>> mouse (v. 2.0A) attached to a Dell P133, 48MB RAM. I've tried various
>> mouse settings via mouseconfig to no avail. When I kill X with
>> Ctrl-Alt-Bksp, I see on the screen the message "Warning: /dev/mouse
>> unable to get status of mouse fd (Inappropriate ioctl for device)".
>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions -

>> Med Bennett

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HELP! Mouse not working in Xfree86

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