Subject: Re: 1.5 X & serial mouse?
To: Simon J. Gerraty <sjg@quick.com.au>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/10/2001 09:10:11
On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Simon J. Gerraty wrote:

> I upgraded my old laptop to 1.5 a while ago, and while
>
> Protocol "wsmouse"
> Device "/dev/wsmouse0"
>
> works fine for using the "nipple" on the keyboard, I've had no joy
> getting a serial mouse to work.
>
> When it was running 1.4, I used BusMouse, but that doesn't seem to do
> the deed now.  Running cat /dev/tty00 suggests that the mouse works,
> (its an old microsoft 2 button one) so if someone could tell me what
> I should have in XF86Config I'd appreciate it.

Try `Protocol "Microsoft"' or `Protocol "Auto"'. [XF86Config(5)/Mouse]


Frederick