Message-ID: <8C6ADF4772B7D511A3E40008C7BB878ACDE913@chopin.hitt.nl> From: "Berge, Harry ten" <berge@hitt.nl> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:59:24 +0100 Subject: [SLE] mouse detection problem (ps2/imps2) "Berge, Harry ten" wrote on Thurs, March 27th:

Hi,

When I configure X automatically with sax2 (sax2 -a) sometimes my standard 3 buttons mouse is configured with the imps2 protocol instead of the ps2 protocol. Next, the mouse won't work correctly (it bounces all over the screen) because of this.

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Does anyone has a clue why this happens?

Yes, wrong drivers...

What is on protocol level the exact difference between ps2 and imps2?

Don't know, and I suspect neither did SuSE; However, SuSE has a driver for a "ps/2 type mouse" and not a "imps2 type mouse" that works for your mouse.

Oh yeah, I'm using 7.3 Pro with XFree 4.1.0. Met vriendelijke groet / Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind Regards, H.J. ten Berge

I have a similar problem, only it shows up if lose "lilo" and have to "re-install" off my CD.... then the auto detect if comes up with the wrong mouse....ditto YaST2 My machine was made by Gateway, and came with a Microsoft 3 button mouse which is marked on the bottom: "PS/2 compatible" It is made (apparently) by IntelliMouse and Yast2 auto detects it as an "Imps2" with the same results that Harry reported: -> The mouse won't work correctly; -> the cursor bounces all over the screen. I tried sax2 once (but since I don't have a fancy monitor) I killed the set-up and was able to get back to my old settings, because the cursor started bouncing around .. so I imagine if I did use sax2 I would have his same problem My System Admin says the cure is to buy a good "standard mouse" because the real problem is Microsoft probably won't release the drivers (you may find this hard to believe but MS thinks they invented the 3 button mouse)--- there is probably a hack that could be done on my config files that says in effect: ### ### imps2 = ps/2 ### but that is beyond me at this point in time. Any hints... or is a new mouse the way to go? If so, what is a good mouse? -- __________________________________________________________________ Try AOL and get 1045 hours FREE for 45 days! http://free.aol.com/tryaolfree/index.adp?375380 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 for FREE! Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455