[102405] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Mouse Problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Wed Dec 2 20:33:21 1998
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 20:07:30 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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Peters Cathedral Bakers wrote:
> Using a mouse under Linux Two computers running Linux operate
> satisfactorily with a mouse
> in X. One uses a serial mouse the other PS2.
> A small program written to test the Ncurses routines show no
> intelligent response to mouse actions. Additionally, the ncurses
> test program also fails to respond.
> Can anyone 'point' me in the right direction.
> Many thanks
Where does the mouse not function? On a console screen?
In an nxterm window?
If console screen, there is no mouse support unless
you are running gpm. Is that running?
It must be configured for the type of mouse you have.
Even so, I have never seen a Unix console program
that needed or could use the mouse. The mc
program is the only exception I know of. Try mc.
If the mouse works, your curses program has a problem.
If the mouse does not work with mc, then gpm is
not running, is set up incorrectly, or you have an
unsupported mouse, or there is a resource conflict with
the mouse.
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Jan Carlson
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