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Why not just disable the ps/2 port in your BIOS then linux can't detect it ?
or find the file called "@mouse" this is a link to the device so if you find
the file that it points to and change the last part of the line to the
device that your mouse is actually attached to (pos. ttsy0 or ttsy1 ie.
serial port)

I work in the industry and I have seen many a win/NT machine get into the
same confusion about which mouse port it should be using especially if a
ps/2 and serial mouse driver is loaded at once.

Odd-Fish

DanH <herrglock@usa.net> wrote in message news:37DAE3F0.1A3E56F0@usa.net...
> Ray Lopez wrote:
> >
> > Vikram.V.Asrani <vikram@eecs.umich.edu> wrote in message
> > news:7r0qmb$eb8$1@news.eecs.umich.edu...
> > > >>>> connected to  port ps/2 with IRQ 12.  Does anyone have any
> > suggestions
> > >
> > > Also does not PS/2 mean that it is not one of those 9 or 25 pin
connectors
> > but
> > > the round ones ? I guess that too would make some difference, isn't
it.
> > > Am not really sure of what help you need. If you do manage to
configure it
> > > do post it here.
> > >
> > > Thanx.
> > > --
> > > Vikram.V.Asrani (vikram@eecs.umich.edu)
> >
> > I think I have the same problem.  The Linux initialization routine
detects a
> > PS/2 port (round connector) which is not used, but in fact my mouse is
on
> > the serial port.  During detection RedHat could not detect a mouse on
the
> > serial port (even though Windows NT and Windows 98 had no problem).   I
> > tried a quick edit of the X mouse configuration file (forget the name)
and
> > it did not work.   The solution, I suspect, is to either connect the
mouse
> > to the unused PS/2 port, or labouriously edit the files as suggested.
Yet
> > another reason why Linux is inferior to Windows98 and NT for
installation.
>
> Then don't use it.  Go back to WIN and quit.  Choice is wonderful.
>
> Dan
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