[ale] mouse problems with xfree86

[Stephan Uphoff]

Link /dev/mouse to psaux

> I am having problems getting X going on a laptop that's running Debian. 
> The laptop is a ThinkPad 755CD, upgraded to a P75 with 16 MB of memory. 
> The mouse, a trackpoint, will not move at all in XF86Setup.  The
> trackpoint should configure as a PS/2, as far as I understand.  I tried
> using gpm but that didn't work either.  On the other hand, gpm detects
> the mouse correctly.  Support for PS/2 is compiled in the kernel. 
> 
>    modprobe --list | grep 'psaux'
> 
>    returns:  /lib/modules/2.0.36/misc/psaux.o
> 
> The modconf menu shows the PS/2 module installed, too.
> 
> The XF86Config file has the protocol set to "PS/2", and the device set
> to "/dev/mouse".  /dev/mouse is a link to ttyS0.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Sara
> -- 
> 
> Sara W. Yurman
> Spatial Focus, Inc.
> 
> email: syurman at spatialfocus.com
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> fax:   (209) 254-9531
>