Very Computer

First of all, I have retrieved the Busmouse-HOWTO and actually read it.
I have verified that my old Microsoft 2 button inport bus mouse is at
irq5.  I do have a file /dev/mouse linked to /dev/inportbm.  I have
played with and modified XF86Config per the aforementioned HOWTO.  I
can run X with the same hardware with my ISC Unix 3.2 and X.  And I
cannot get any result from running 'startx' with slackware Linux other
than 'cannot open mouse, no such file or directory.  If anyone has the
'no brainer' answer to this problem PLEASE pass it along.  I would even
be gratefull for the answer with an accompanying flame if it makes you
feel better. :-)  Thanks for any input you can offer.

Michael :-)

| First of all, I have retrieved the Busmouse-HOWTO and actually read it.
| I have verified that my old Microsoft 2 button inport bus mouse is at
| irq5.  I do have a file /dev/mouse linked to /dev/inportbm.  I have
| played with and modified XF86Config per the aforementioned HOWTO.  I
| can run X with the same hardware with my ISC Unix 3.2 and X.  And I
| cannot get any result from running 'startx' with slackware Linux other
| than 'cannot open mouse, no such file or directory.  If anyone has the
| 'no brainer' answer to this problem PLEASE pass it along.  I would even
| be gratefull for the answer with an accompanying flame if it makes you
| feel better. :-)  Thanks for any input you can offer.

So far there seems to be a severage shortage of information on rodents.

So far I don't get anything out of my mouse, either.  It's supposed to
be connectable to aux or serial.  It works on aux on another machine.
And the serial ports works OK.  Togetehr they don't.  Nothing, and I
do mean nothing, happens.  No data.

Too bad the HOWTO was specific to just a subset of mice.
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I found that my mouse would only work (with DOS/Windows that is) on the
Secondary Address (238-23a), not the Primary Address (23c-23e).  To solve
that, I just went through all the files in .../include/linux relating to
mice and subtracted 4 from the related port values.  Recompiled with
every possible mouse driver (excluding any obvious ones, like serial and
PS/2), and it worked fine.

XF86Config has it set up to use a "Busmouse" at "/dev/atibm", but your's
should be different unless you have the exact same setup.

Hope that helps,
                ewalt

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