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- From: patzel@julia.informatik.uni-ulm.de (Martin Patzel)
- Subject: Re: X/ATI bus mouse problems
- Message-ID: <patzel.20@julia.informatik.uni-ulm.de>
- Sender: news@wega.rz.uni-ulm.de (News Net)
- Organization: Fakultaet fuer Informatik
- References: <1992Nov14.185418.17855@dragon.acadiau.ca>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 14:24:49 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov14.185418.17855@dragon.acadiau.ca> 890025d@dragon.acadiau.ca (Andy DeWolfe) writes:
-
- > I've been trying to get X up and running but I am having
- >a serious problem with the mouse. I have an ATI vantage and use
- >a bus mouse plugged into it. When I start X, it turns the graphic
- >mode on then locks up. I did everything in the X8514 README's
- >and still nothing. However when I change my Xconfig to have it
- >(the mouse) use /dev/ttys? instead of /dev/mouse, X starts up
- >perfectly. (no mouse though obviously).
- >Whats the problem?
-
- >P.S. I'm not alone. There's at least one other person I know
- > with the exact same problem!
-
- Yes, I'm having the same problems, too.
- I have tried the new 8514 server with a ATI Graphics Ultra. The problem
- seems to be in the kernel mouse driver. The drivers say on bootup:
- ...busmouse found..., then ...ati busmouse found...
- But when I try to use /dev/mouse, the kernel locks up.
-
- Martin Patzel
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- Martin Patzel, University of Ulm, James-Franck-Ring, W-7900 Ulm, Germany
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