From: jem@snakemail.hut.fi (Johan Myreen) Subject: Re: HELP...NEC mouse problem! Date: 15 May 1993 14:28:56 GMT
In article <1t0t4fINNt6k@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> "Luong Vinh La" <LA@dad.mdh.umn.edu> writes:
>NEC PowerMate 486/33i, 8MB RAM, NEC mouse(NEC manual said
>it's PS/2 Style). NEC MultiSync 3FGx, ET4000 card
>"PS/2 type pointing device detected & installed" !!!
>Mouse type: busemouse, device: /dev/ps2aux
This has come up too often recently. A PS/2 mouse is a PS/2 mouse.
It's not a bus mouse, it connects to the keyboard/auxiliary device
controller chip which is on the motherboard. It is not like any other
type of mouse either. Some vendors make mice that can be plugged into
both a serial port and the PS/2 type mouse port. Don't let this fool
you, the mouse switches protocols when plugged into the mouse port.
All PS/2 mice are created equal, they all use the same protocol, no
matter what brand or make. They *have* to use the same protocol,
since under DOS the BIOS does most of the hard work for the mouse
driver.
Also note that XFree86 1.2 supports PS/2 mice directly, so there is no
need to use the mconv program mentioned in the FAQ file. The FAQ
maintainers have been notified of this, and the next revision of the
FAQ should contain up to date info on this.
So... Put this in Xconfig:
PS/2 "/dev/psaux"
And please read the FAQ and the XFree86 man page!