From: Brion Vibber (brion@pobox.com)
Date: Sat 22 Aug 1998 - 03:56:51 IDT
David Goodlad wrote: > > Hey people... I've got a problem with svgalib. I've got the latest > version (the one with intellimouse support), but I can't get the mouse > to work. I've got "mouse IntelliMouse" in my /etc/vga/libvga.config > file, but whenever I go into quake (what else? heheh), the mouse won't > work. Any suggestions? Here are a few things you might try: 1. Is this a serial mouse? If it's PS/2 you should specify "IMPS/2". 2. Is the mouse device set properly? Make sure that libvga.config is looking at the right device and/or /dev/mouse points to the right device. 3. Have you tried it with gpm explicitly killed? (killall gpm) 4. Make sure you don't have an old version of svgalib floating around somewhere... make install should get rid of them all but to be sure run "ldconfig -p | grep libvga" and see if old versions show up. 5. If it's still not working, could you tell me the version number of the mouse (should be on a sticker on the bottom), and whether it works in Intellimouse mode in X and gpm? Feel free to throw in any other info that you think might be relevant (esp. version numbers of the distro, the kernel, gpm, and X). Oh, and _please_ include the _exact_ wording of any error messages you may receive and a description of the malfunction (does it not do anything, or does it go haywire when you move the mouse?). You can get the error messages out of quake by running "./squake 2>&1 | tee output", then look at the file "output" when you exit. The svgalib initialization messages should be near the top. I also recommend trying the mousetest demo program. It produces less output and loads a bit faster than quake. ;) -- brion vibber (brion@pobox.com)
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Wed 21 Jan 2004 - 22:10:22 IST