On Saturday, Sep 20, 2003, at 10:07 US/Central, Munir Nassar wrote:

> On Sat, 20 Sep 2003, Sam MacDonald wrote:
>
>> Well I think I found the problem but I'm not sure what to do.
>>
>> The track ball is configured in the BIOS of the computer, it has 2
>> settings, internal or serial.
>> I believe the internal is a PS2 mouse connection.
>> I set the BIOS to be serial
>> The PS2 mouse gets found by "gpm"
>> I set the BIOS to be internal
>> the PS2 mouse gets found by "gpm"
>
> the BIOS has really nothing to do with the mouse you are adding. i 
> suspect that that setting that yo are playing with controls what the 
> trackpad apears like to the OS. (just like on todays computers you can 
> have a USB keyboard apear as a PS2 keyboard)
>
> my recommendation: set the Trackpad to use PS2, make sure all the 
> serial ports are enabled in the bios.

uhhh serial ports have nothing to do with PS2

>
> in debian, install gpm and configure to use /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyS1
> basically: gpm -t <mousetype> -m /dev/ttyS0


gpm -t <mousetype> -m /dev/psaux

>
> do a gpm -t help for available mouse types, choose one that sounds 
> somewhat close. i have yet to find something with an exact match.
>
> Munir Nassar
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