Re: Install Problems

[Chuck Robey <chuckr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 18 Jul 1995 donsethf@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> 
> We can finally get X-windows to come up but the mouse will still
> not work.I went in and changed the /dev/mouse to /dev/ttyd0 & ttyd1 and
> still doesn't work. Do U have any hints?
>     
> I even tried sio0 which is I believe my Com1..but no help
> 

There is one easy way to confirm whether or not your mouse is working on 
the port you think it is.  Use your favorite comm program, open up the 
port and set the bit rate at 1200 bps.  If its the right port, you'll see 
the characters as you move the mouse and push the buttons.  I saw that 
Justin suggested /dev/cuaa0.  He's probably right, but I use /dev/ttyd0 
and it works also.  I use something like kermit for the test.  If you 
can't get a communications program to see the mouse (it looks like 
garbage, by the way) then you don't have the mouse set up right.

There's one other thing.  There are several different kinds of mouse.  
We're assuming you have a serial mouse, but there is about 10 different 
protocols for that.  My mouse has a button on the bottom, to go between 
two of the popular ones, just to maximize confusion.  If you do see the 
characters using the comm program, use the xf86config program to vary the 
protocol (or hand modify the XF86Config file if you know how).  Experiment!

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