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Date:      Wed, 29 Nov 1995 09:37:40 +0100 (MET)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        meother@sam.wal-mart.com (Marc Othersen)
Cc:        bugs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Mouse problems
Message-ID:  <199511290837.JAA14491@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <01BABD65.31410040@meother.wal-mart.com> from "Marc Othersen" at Nov 28, 95 07:43:20 am

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As Marc Othersen wrote:
> 
>   I seem to be having a bit of trouble installing the X-Window system.  =
> I have
> a Dell P75 with 5 Gigs and 64 Meg of RAM.  The error I get concerns the =
> mouse.  I use the xf86config utility and select a PS/2 mouse (mine is a
> Microsoft mouse with 2 buttons).

PS/2 mouse is the wrong selection.  Select "Microsoft" then.

(PS/2 is the `keyboard mouse', i.e. it's connected via the keyboard
controller, usually with a 6-pin mini-DIN connector.)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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