Bug 5558
Summary: | Old microsoft mouse wasn't detected | ||
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Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | eckman |
Component: | installer | Assignee: | Jay Turner <jturner> |
Status: | CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 6.1 | CC: | srevivo |
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Hardware: | i386 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 1999-12-01 21:07:03 UTC | Type: | --- |
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Description
eckman
1999-10-05 03:14:01 UTC
What happens when you select the mouse that you have in the mouse config screen? The installer should work without any problems with a PS/2 mouse or a serial mouse. Submit more details of the problems which you are seeing. ------- Additional Comments From 10/26/99 17:23 ------- I ran a few tests on the machine and I now have a better idea what's happening. My computer doesn't have a PS/2 mouse port (AMD K6-300, motherboard has intergraded sound and video). On bootup, the linux kernel is detecting a PS/2 mouse port. During the install, the hardware detection program (a python lib in this case), kudzu, thinks that the computer has a PS/2 mouse. Kudzu thinks that the $mouseDev is "psaux", the $driver is "ignore" and the $description is "Generic PS/2 Mouse." Needless to say kudzu and the kernel are both a little confused. As for selecting the correct mouse from the mouse config screen, I do that and it doesn't magicly cause my mouse to start working. It should probably restart X with the new mouse settings, but that doesn't happen. I hope that helps. Eric There are known bugs with the installer detecting PS/2 mice which are not actually there because the installer is seeing a PS/2 port and just assuming there is a mouse attached. We are currently trying to come up with the best solution for this problem. As for making a change to your mouse and having the change take effect, you will need to restart gpm as well as X to pick up the changes. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 6415 *** |