Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 20:09:27 -0800 (PST) From: JOHN <JSINNOTT@POMONA.EDU> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: PS/2 mouse problems - help please? Message-ID: <01I6UC94ERYQ8WWLG1@POMONA.EDU>
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I recently bought a Mouse Systems Optical, three button mouse for my system. These mice come with a serial connector, and an adapter to plug it into the PS/2 port. I have been using another PS/2 three button mouse with no problems for quite some time now. However, the Mouse Systems mouse has been quite erratic. My XServer is XInside's XAccel. Basically, the second and third buttons of the MS optical mouse perform the same function in X, even though this mouse is supposed to be fully three button functional. The mouse also does not work properly in DOS apps. My confusion lies with the fact that this is the second of this model I have tried - I returned the first to try another in case the first was broken. I have also been told that this mouse works well for others, using XFree86. I thought the PS/2 protocol (if that is what it could be called) is a standard - so if my first PS/2 three button mouse worked, shouldnt this one as well? Could there be a hardware conflict with this mouse when there was none with the previous mouse? Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
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