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Article #47673Re: Please Help
From: Irv Mullins
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 00:00
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Jeff Rawlins wrote: > I have recently loaded apcmag's Red Hat on my computer but I am having > trouble with X windows. The main problem so far is with the mouse. I have > tried almost all of the Linux mouse drivers using /usr/sbin/mouseconfig and > I have tried an ms ps2 v2.1 and an ms serial v2.0 mouse but as soon as I > move the mouse the system locks up. I can move around the screen by using > Ctrl+Shift+F9,10,11,12 and clicking with the left mouse button but this > doesn't work with everything. Also there seem to be other strange things > happening but being new to Linux I am not sure of how the system is meant to > work anyway. Should I delete all my installation and start again or is > there some way to fix the problem. Please help if you can JR. I had similar problems. Try this: Using pico or a similar editor, look at the file rc.local in the directory /etc/rc.d You may find a line like: gpm -m /dev/mouse -t ps2 If it has a -R in it, remove the -R. Reboot. Irv Mullins
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