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Re: Please Help

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From: Irv Mullins
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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