> I've been trying to setup XFree86 3.1.1 under Linux 2.3 Kernel 1.2.8 on
> my Pentium 100 System with a Microsoft "Inport" Bus Mouse. ( the older
> Ivory Soap Bar Version , not the newer "J" Mouse ) I ran the
> configuration utility in the "Setup" program and selected the "Microsoft
> Bus Mouse". I even tried re-compiling the kernal to properly match my
> configuration. But when I try to run "startx" after configuring X with
> the XF85Config program, it keeps saying it cannot find the mouse driver.
> there something missing ? I'm using the book "LINUX Configuration and
> Installation" from MIS Press, but all it has to say about mice is which
> ones are supported (mine included) and that setting them up is straight
> forward. But what if the straight forward setup does not work !? My mouse
> works just fine under Windows 95 and NT 4.0.
I, too, am using the Inport mouse (with the inport card) although mine is
indeed the "J" style. I have neither a ps/2 mouse port nor an extra serial
port: so here I am with the inport. I had a problem getting X to recognize
it too, even though MS WinNT sees it fine.
I had to move the inport IRQ from 2 to 9 because of the number of cards in
taking up other IRQ's. This, it ends up, was my problem. I had to edit the
(I believe) mouse.h file and alter the IRQ. Once I did this, recompiled the
mouse driver and ran XF86Setup everything was fine.
Can you load the mouse driver from a command line before running X? If so
then your mouse driver is fine the problem is with the X setup.
Let me know if you are still having problems with it.
dave
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