by I've got a lab of computer running Linux and DOSEMU. I can't get the mouse
to work at all either in DOS or XDOS emulators. In xdos, no matter what
I do, if I run an application like Qbasic or Edit or Turbo Pascal, the
pointer changes and looks different, but if I use the mouse (moving or
clicking), strange things happen. IF I move it, strange ascii characters
come up. If I click, xdos dies shortly after with no error message, as though
it was receiving a legitimate kill signal. I've got a genuine Microsoft mouse
on all the computer and dexxa mouse on one. They're on com1. Now, if
I do it in DOSemu (not X), then the mouse still doesnt work. If I set the line
serial { mouse com1 device /dev/cua0} or whatever it's supposed to look like
then MSD (Microsoft Diagnostics) can't detect any com ports. No mouse driver
loads and I can't use it. If I take out the keyword mouse, then the com
ports are detected, but they have a 0 baud rate and I can't change it. Again,
the mouse driver doesn't work. I've tried various options of the keywords
like microsoft and so forth to no avail. Can someone out there help me?
-Mark