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- From: tep@engr.uark.edu (Tim Peoples)
- Subject: Re: X/ATI bus mouse problems
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.152403.4447@engr.uark.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:24:03 GMT
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- thomas@uni-duisburg.de (Thomas Scheunemann) writes:
- >
- >At least there may be a problem with your interrupt. In default the kernel
- >uses IRQ 5 (with the kernel distributed with SLS). This interupt may be
- >used by some other device (LPT2 for instance). If so the Kernel keeps track
- >which interrupt is used and does not allow the mouse device to use the same
- >interrupt when X is started. If this is your problem then you have to change
- >the interrupts and to recompile the kernel.
- >
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- And if your busmouse is set to IRQ 2 then you need to set it to
- IRQ 9 in busmouse.h. IRQ 2 just won't work.
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- | Tim Peoples | The time has come the hacker said |
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