Mouse problems

[marciot]

I don't know if the following applies to you, nor do I know if MOL depends on 
"gdm", but the symptoms are something I've seen before outside of MOL. But 
here is something to try:

See if the mouse work ok under the console in other programs. For example, try 
this:

   1) Switch to a virtual console (Cntl-Alt-F5)
   2) Run "emacs"
   3) See how the mouse behaves
   4) Quit emacs (Cntl-X Cntl-C)
   5) Return to X (Cntl-Alt-F7)

The purpose of this experiment is to see whether the mouse operates correctly 
under "emacs" when in console mode. If it does not, then the particular 
problem you are having is a common one (in fact, it happens on the Linux box I 
am sitting right now) that has nothing to do with MOL. It has to do with the 
console mouse driver (gdm) and an incompatibility with PS/2 mice.

Do a "man gdm". If I recall correctly, it has work around for this problem. 
Once you get it fixed and the above experiment works, then I imagine it would 
work under MOL too.

Marcio Luis Teixeira



>===== Original Message From mol-general@lists.maconlinux.org =====
>Hello all,
>
>Was wondering if anyone had any problems getting the mouse to work correctly
>when booting MOL from a prompt, rather than in X-windows.  The mouse works
>fine in X-windows, but will only move up and right when booted from a
>prompt.
>
>I'm trying to remove the overhead from X-windows.
>
>I am using a PS/2 mouse on YDL 2.2, MOL ver 0.9.64-2, MACOS 9.2, kernel
>2.4.19-rc4.
>
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