[102130] in RedHat Linux List
RE: mouse and slack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lloyd Sumpter)
Tue Dec 1 15:44:11 1998
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981201152634.942A-100000@darkman>
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 12:38:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Lloyd Sumpter <Lloyd.Sumpter@BCHydro.bc.ca>
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The way *I* configure the mouse in Slackware is...manually! I've had too
many lockups with too many "mouse-config" programs to rely on them. Just set
the mouse device in /dev and configure your XF86Config file.
For instance, to configure a "PS/2" mouse:
cd /dev
ls -s -f psaux mouse
Then edit /usr/X11/lib/X11/XF86Config and set up the "pointer device":
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "PS/2"
Device "/dev/mouse"
That's it. I've seen so many people waste days trying to get a GUI config to
work, when 5 minutes with a text editor would do the job. And what's the
problem with text editors? You used one to write this message, right?
On 01-Dec-98 Michael S. Dunsavage wrote:
> How would i configure the mouse in Slackware ? I did mouseconfig and it
> still didnt do it....
>
> Could i copy the redhat config to the slack drive somwhere....and if yes,
> where would i put it?
>
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