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I've just installed Slackware 7.0 on my Dell Optiplex GX110 in a dual-boot
setup with Windows 98SE on the other partition. It's been working fine, up
until the following.

I was in the process of running XF86Setup when I ran into a snag at the
mouse page; I couldn't get the mouse to respond. I tried all the mouse
protocols from the list, but nothing. I didn't go through the whole list of
Mouse Devices due to time, but I figured I'd ask this question in here: is
there anything specific off the list I should be looking to go for?

If this means anything, the mouse works fine when Win98SE is booted up.
Sorry, that's probably totally irrelevant - I'm a newb, but I'm looking to
become a Slack Monster. Hope someone in here can help!

"Boris Badenuff" <boris@badenuff.com> wrote in message
news:vi39sionlnjr60@corp.supernews.com...
> I've just installed Slackware 7.0 on my Dell Optiplex GX110 in a dual-boot
> setup with Windows 98SE on the other partition. It's been working fine,
up
> until the following.
>
> I was in the process of running XF86Setup when I ran into a snag at the
> mouse page; I couldn't get the mouse to respond. I tried all the mouse
> protocols from the list, but nothing. I didn't go through the whole list
of
> Mouse Devices due to time, but I figured I'd ask this question in here: is
> there anything specific off the list I should be looking to go for?
>
> If this means anything, the mouse works fine when Win98SE is booted up.
> Sorry, that's probably totally irrelevant - I'm a newb, but I'm looking to
> become a Slack Monster. Hope someone in here can help!
>
>

Have a read of this ( http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html )
and then ponder how we can solve your problem without knowing what kind of
mouse you have and how it is connected to your box.

Billy

"Boris Badenuff" <boris@badenuff.com> wrote in message news:<vi39sionlnjr60@corp.supernews.com>...
> I've just installed Slackware 7.0 on my Dell Optiplex GX110 in a dual-boot
> setup with Windows 98SE on the other partition. It's been working fine, up
> until the following.
>
> I was in the process of running XF86Setup when I ran into a snag at the
> mouse page; I couldn't get the mouse to respond. I tried all the mouse
> protocols from the list, but nothing. I didn't go through the whole list of
> Mouse Devices due to time, but I figured I'd ask this question in here: is
> there anything specific off the list I should be looking to go for?
>
> If this means anything, the mouse works fine when Win98SE is booted up.
> Sorry, that's probably totally irrelevant - I'm a newb, but I'm looking to
> become a Slack Monster. Hope someone in here can help!

should be a PS/2 mouse

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 17:56:34 -0400, Boris Badenuff <boris@badenuff.com> wrote:
>I've just installed Slackware 7.0 on my Dell Optiplex GX110 in a dual-boot
>setup with Windows 98SE on the other partition. It's been working fine, up
>until the following.
>
>I was in the process of running XF86Setup when I ran into a snag at the
>mouse page; I couldn't get the mouse to respond. I tried all the mouse
>protocols from the list, but nothing. I didn't go through the whole list of
>Mouse Devices due to time, but I figured I'd ask this question in here: is
>there anything specific off the list I should be looking to go for?
>If this means anything, the mouse works fine when Win98SE is booted up.

Unfortunately, it'd be necessary to know what type/model mouse you
were using. And is it serial? ps/2? USB?

I also have a Dell Optiplex (a GX100). Question: Is your mouse a
ps/2 mouse? Mine is. Apparantly ANY brand of ps/2 mouse will work, as it
seems the protocol is related more to which port is used as opposed to the
make of the mouse (I've plugged at least three different ps/2 mice in and
all have worked both in text mode as well as in X).

[garbanzo:/etc/X11]$ less XF86Config
....
....
Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
....
....

I'm using (ugh) RH 7.3 here. I've put RH 8 on my Dell C600 laptop
and the ps/2 mouse thing seems to work in that one also.

Suggestion: If you're not using a ps/2 mouse with your Dell, get one
and plug it in as there is a ps/2 port specifically for that (right next to
the ps/2 port for the keyboard). The other day, I bought a 'brand X' ps/2
mouse in Walmart for under $10. It wasn't the greatest thing but it filled
my need of the moment.

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Eclectic Garbanzo BBS, (707) 539-1279

"My parents just came back from a planet where the dominant lifeform
had no bilateral symmetry, and all I got was this stupid F-Shirt."

"William Hamblen" <william.hamblen@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:81lUa.22044$Mc.1683727@newsread1.prod.itd.ear thlink.net...
> In article <vi39sionlnjr60@corp.supernews.com>, Boris Badenuff wrote:
>
> > I was in the process of running XF86Setup when I ran into a snag at the
> > mouse page; I couldn't get the mouse to respond. I tried all the mouse
> > protocols from the list, but nothing. I didn't go through the whole
list of
> > Mouse Devices due to time, but I figured I'd ask this question in here:
is
> > there anything specific off the list I should be looking to go for?
>
> If your mouse plugs into a PS/2 style connector then 99 and 44/100% of the
> time your mouse device is "/dev/psaux" and the mouse protocol is "ps2".
>

Thanks for the replies. I again forgot one important detail - that it is a
standard meat-and-potatoes PS/2 mouse. I'll try PS/2 for the mouse protocol
and "/dev/psaux" for the mouse device and I'll see how it goes.


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On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 03:54:27 GMT, Boris Badenuff <boris@badenuff.com> wrote:
>"William Hamblen" <william.hamblen@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>news:81lUa.22044$Mc.1683727@newsread1.prod.itd.ea rthlink.net...
>> In article <vi39sionlnjr60@corp.supernews.com>, Boris Badenuff wrote:
>> > I was in the process of running XF86Setup when I ran into a snag at the
>> > mouse page; I couldn't get the mouse to respond. I tried all the mouse
>> > protocols from the list, but nothing. I didn't go through the whole
>> > list of Mouse Devices due to time, but I figured I'd ask this question
>> > in here: is there anything specific off the list I should be looking to
>> > go for?
>>
>> If your mouse plugs into a PS/2 style connector then 99 and 44/100% of the
>> time your mouse device is "/dev/psaux" and the mouse protocol is "ps2".
>>
>Thanks for the replies. I again forgot one important detail - that it is a
>standard meat-and-potatoes PS/2 mouse. I'll try PS/2 for the mouse protocol
>and "/dev/psaux" for the mouse device and I'll see how it goes.

Good idea. On my system, /dev/mouse is symlinked to /dev/misc/psaux.
(I've a Red Hat system remember.) The reason for this is so that an app can
be hard coded to look for /dev/mouse, as opposed to having to be configured
at run time to look for something else (/dev/psaux, /dev/ttyS0, etc).

--
jimbo@sonic.net
Eclectic Garbanzo BBS, (707) 539-1279

"My parents just came back from a planet where the dominant lifeform
had no bilateral symmetry, and all I got was this stupid F-Shirt."

"Jim Bianchi" <jimbo@sonic.net> wrote in message
news:slrnbi43i0.3u9.jimbo@bolt.sonic.net...
> On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 03:54:27 GMT, Boris Badenuff I again forgot one
important detail - that it is a
> >standard meat-and-potatoes PS/2 mouse. I'll try PS/2 for the mouse
protocol
> >and "/dev/psaux" for the mouse device and I'll see how it goes.
>
> Good idea. On my system, /dev/mouse is symlinked to /dev/misc/psaux.
> (I've a Red Hat system remember.) The reason for this is so that an app
can
> be hard coded to look for /dev/mouse, as opposed to having to be
configured
> at run time to look for something else (/dev/psaux, /dev/ttyS0, etc).

Okay, that worked like a charm as well - thanks again!!! You guys in here
have been a big help - thanks!!!

Now, I'm dealing with something a bit bizarre; I finally got through
XF86Setup okay, but when I tried switching over to the X server, I got the
following error:

"Attention

26khz | 40hz
Frequency is out of range"

I then pressed enter, and got the following:

"Do you want to create an X link to the VGA16 server?" and a note that the
settings will be saved in the /var/x11R/bin folder. I clicked yes, got a
note saying the move was successful, and it took me back to my command
prompt.

I then did startx and I got the KDE desktop, but with a 2-inch gap on the
left side of the screen - and the resolution appears to be a bit too large,
as well.

This obviously points to the fact that I'll have to reconfigure my monitor
and display settings; where would I need to go at this point to do that?
Hope I can continue to come to the well for assistance. Thanks!!