Maybe I miss worded the results I set the bios to be internal the PS2 mouse gets found by "gpm" But the track ball does not work Sam 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. > >in debian, install gpm and configure to use /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyS1 >basically: gpm -t <mousetype> -m /dev/ttyS0 > >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 >RedConcepts.NET >http://redconcepts.net/ > > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list