At 5:07 PM -0500 5/31/07, Styma, Robert E (Robert) wrote: > >> > The nice thing about the old system-config-mouse was that it gave >> > you a list of mice from which you could pick a best match. I have >> > not stumbled across this list elsewhere. I am currently >> loading FC4 on >> > a >> > test machine and will see what kind of mouse configuration it >> > comes up with for the new mouse. I will then try copying that >> > to my FC6 machine and see what happens. >> > >> > Bob S >> Well I confused the issue by posting the FC4 xorg.conf in answer to a >> previous question like this. But two further comments are interesting: >> >> I have used a PS/2 mouse on a system with 7 computers and one mouse >> through a KVM and it worked well. >> >> Second, FC6 has a different attitude towards mice. There is no mouse >> configuration clause in my xorg.conf on my FC6 machine with a >> PS/2 mouse >> so I don't know whether FC4 information will be useful on FC6. >> >> Although , our colleague Tim says this problem is rampant I have never >> experienced or heard of it before. But is it exists I am sure it is a >> hardware problem. > >The new optical wheel mouse works fine if I plug it directly into the >machine. It is only through the KVM that things get messed up. The >old mouse works fine through the KVM. The /etc/X11/xorg.conf file does >have an input selection with a protocol for the mouse. If you run >Xorg -configure >from run level 3, it puts a protocol of "auto" in there on an FC6 >system. >The Xorg doc says that the mouse is probed on the fly. It appears all >the information needed is not getting through the KVM for "auto" to work >correctly. I am hoping that by using an older Fedora which still used >X.org, I can determine what the protocol is that would be detected if >everything worked. I would then code that in the appropriate place in >the xorg.conf file. This of course may not work, but it is the best >idea I have at the moment. Look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log for "Mouse". You will find the protocol that was selected. "man mousedrv" will give more information about the options. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
