Re: RtLinux problem

Thanks Paul, I will try that as soon as I can.

Dan


At 04:09 PM 9/29/1999 , you wrote:

>From: Paul Corner <Paul.Corner@...>
>
>On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, you wrote:
>> From: Dan Falck <dfalck@...>
>>
>> This weekend, I set up another PC with the rtlinux patch- a Compaq with an
>> AMD 233 processor. This machine has been running RedHat 5.2/X windows for
>> several months with no problems. After I set up the real time patch, X
>> won't work (the mouse is screwing it up). If I trick the mouseconfig
>> program and state that it has an old serial mouse (it doesn't, it has a
>> generic PS/2 mouse), X windows boots, but the mouse doesn't work of course.
>> If I boot with the old kernel, everything works fine. I have turned gpm
>> on and off to no avail. My question is, where should I even start to look
>> to solve this problem? The second question is, how can one use X windows/
>> FVMM or Afterstep, without a mouse? What are the hot keys to get from one
>> window to another?
>
>Dan,
>I'm no expert - I'd been waiting for a more experienced voice to reply -

I had

>too had a problem with the mouse not responding in X windows. In
>/etc/XF86Config under the section "Pointer", I set Device to /dev/ttyS1
>instead of /dev/mouse. My mouse is on com2, you might want to try /dev/ttyS0
>instead.
>
>Regards, Paul.
>