<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Michael Mol <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com">mikemol@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Bob Kline <<a href="mailto:bob.kline@gmail.com">bob.kline@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> As for the mice, it "clearly" has something<br>
> to do with the 2.6 kernel. The machine runs<br>
> windoz 98SE fine, and Knoppix V3.6, with<br>
> a 2.4 kernel. I assume that means something<br>
> to do with the drivers, and how they interact<br>
> with that board. Maybe a lack of chip set<br>
> support in the 2.6 kernel for a board that old?<br>
> I'm sure legacy hardware support is a big<br>
> issue for the kernel people. It can lead to lots<br>
> of work and very little payoff.<br>
<br>
</div>What are you using for a mouse? Serial? PS/2? USB? I don't think the<br>
PS/2 spec has changed much since its introduction twenty years ago.<br>
<br>
If you're using a PS/2 mouse, what happens when you cat /dev/psaux?<br>
If you're using a serial mouse, you might need to install and<br>
configure gpm, and poke your X configuration to use gpm.<br>
<font color="#888888">-- </font></blockquote><div><br>PS/2 mouse. But I also tried a serial<br>mouse. Indeed the PS/2 mouse spec is<br>old. But still widely used, and the 2.4 <br>kernel - at least as configured by Knoppix -<br>
does work.<br><br>Re /dev/psaux, I suppose some "diff" <br>sessions between, say, Knoppix V3.6 and<br>V5.1 might turn up something. I did write<br>to the author of Knoppix, who writes a <br>column for Linux Magazine Pro, about the<br>
issue, but did not seem to light a fire.<br><br> -- Bob<br><br></div></div><br>