[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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