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Bug 5905

Summary:	Mouse auto-detected by graphical installer, but it asks for mouse type anyway
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Johan Walles <johan.walles>
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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Description Johan Walles 1999-10-13 07:24:06 UTC

The graphical install program starts by autodetecting my
mouse (successfully).  Then after having clicked about some
in the install program, it asks me what type of mouse I
have.  As I didn't really know whether I have a bus mouse or
a ps/2 mouse, of course I gave the wrong answer, and X
wouldn't start after installation.  I fixed this by moving
the /dev/mouse link to point to /dev/psaux, but as this may
not be a viable solution for beginners, maybe you should
look into mouse detection some more.

  //Johan

Comment 1 japj 1999-10-20 14:59:59 UTC

After graphical install with correct mousedetection (Microsoft 2.1A
serial mouse at com3) X does not get configured correctly
(mousetype=auto?).

Also gpm is not started with -R (this is present in a FAQ of the
Redhat 6.0 paper documentation?).

Comment 2 Jay Turner 1999-10-21 17:57:59 UTC

Not selecting the correct mouse in mouseconfig is not a bug in the
installer.  The guess that the installer makes to start with is a
really basic guess, and there is a chance that the user would like to
customize that selection, which is why the second screen is given.
You can just select <next> in that screen, which will accept the
default that the installer found if you do not wish to customize.