Messages in this thread | | | From | "Derrick Steed" <> | Subject | Re: PS/2 mouse error.... | Date | Tue, 8 Feb 2000 09:12:46 -0000 |
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Hi Richard,
I suggest you do a little reading on mice and their heritage. Aside having designed the ultimate deepthought computer they use different protocols. Specifically, A PS/2 MOUSE IS NOT A SERIAL MOUSE. So, you can't just take a ps/2 mouse and plug it into a serial port and expect it to work nor the other way around (a serial mouse is a serial mouse is a serial mouse).
That said, some mice support both protocols. The interrupt the mouse would use in serial mode would be one of the serial IRQ's 3 or 4 not 12 (basically, leave the serial port as is, but tell that which is expecting mouse input: where it's coming from, what protocol it is - the protocol is very important unless you fancy watching the pointer antics and strange behaviour when it's wrong).
see http://www.hut.fi/~then/mytexts/mouse.html for detail also see http://www.xfree86.org/XFree86/3.3.2/mouse4.html for supported protocols in XFree86
Rgds,
Derrick.
----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Adams <pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl> To: <jstarkey@polaris.umuc.edu> Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 12:53 AM Subject: Re: PS/2 mouse error....
> On Mon, 07 Feb 2000, John Starkey wrote: > > I am back to the mouse issue. I really need to setup StarOffice for school and the only thing > > stopping this is the mouse problem. I need a desktop other than Mac. I don't wanna have to convert > > everything later and the instructors are sending me .doc files that I can't convert (for some reason) > > with Appleworks or WordPerfect. > > > > So here's the "so far". > > > > Common factors: Red Hat 6.1, three meeces, gnome. > > > > I'm now using my Microsoft "Basic" mouse which I've had working with my girlfriend's HP. So I know > > the mouse is ok. But I have to use the ps/2 to serial adaptor on mine. Hers has a ps/2 connection on > > the back. > > > > Here are the comparisons: > > > > ps ax is showing: > > > > both boxes have a gpm -t ps/2 entry. > > > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XFConfig is showing on my box: > > > > Protocol "PS/2" > > Device "/dev/ttyS0" > > > > On hers: > > > > Protocol "PS/2" > > Device "dev/psaux" > > > > > > (I checked the motherboard on mine and the serial port ribbon for the mouse is plugged into com1) > > > > I have the serial mouse on my box set for irq 12 (I set it manually). > > Oops, do you know what you are doing.????? > > You have said before, the wires go into a serial plug, so just leave > it as is, setting it to IRQ12 i in my opinion useless. > > The rest we have been thro' before. > > > Anyone??? > > -- > Regards Richard > pa3gcu@zeelandnet.nl > http://people.zeelandnet.nl/pa3gcu/ > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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