[PLUG] Disto question
Bruce Kilpatrick
bakilpatrick at verizon.net
Tue Apr 4 17:52:02 UTC 2006
Both these instances were with Live CDs. I don't know if that made a
difference. Good stuff. I will do more research.
Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, Bruce Kilpatrick wrote:
>
>> Okay...I have downloaded Slax 5.1 and Mepis. Neither one detects my
>> mouse
>> (a Logitech trackball) and leaves me stranded as I am not sharp
>> enough to
>> open a terminal window or to know what file needs to be edited. The
>> computer is a K6II 350. Should I go looking for something special
>> this old
>> girl?
>
>
> Bruce,
>
> Several weeks ago my old Kensington Orbit trackball broke, and I
> replaced
> it with a Logitech. Unplugged one; plugged in the other. Both are seen as
> PS/2 pointy things.
>
> Is your problem on the console or in the X Window System? If the
> former, is
> /usr/sbin/gpm running? In the latter, what have you in
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf?
>
> On my system, the latter contains:
>
> # Identifier and driver
>
> Identifier "Kensington Orbit"
> Driver "mouse"
>
> (Notice I did not change the identifier when I changed the hardware.)
>
> # The mouse device. The device is normally set to /dev/mouse,
> # which is usually a symbolic link to the real device.
>
> # Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> # Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
> # Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS1"
>
> (Because the trackball is plugged into the PS/2 socket on the system
> board.)
>
> HTH,
>
> Rich
>
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