Re: Mouse support Q

["Andrew B. Cramer" <andrew.cramer@cramer-ts.com>]

Hi,
	Yes, I agree, if I use an external PS/2 mouse at the same time as 
the internal pointer on my TP-600e, they both work. The problem is 
getting a Serial mouse to work at the same time, instead of the 
external PS/2.

On 20 Feb 2003 at 23:15, Milan P. Stanic wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 01:53:09PM -0600, Andrew B. Cramer wrote:
> > 	The mouse I have is a M/S Ballpoint. It does support both serial and 
> > PS/2 modes. The problem is I cannot just put an adapter cable on the 
> > other end past the Belken KVM. It does not work. The KVM buffers all 
> > lines and maintains serial states. It does not put the connection 
> > directly through. Since that doesn't work, I'd like to be able to 
> > change the PS/2 driver to Serial on the fly. I would do this without 
> > having X11 running, just the base system. I tried changing the mouse 
> > symbolic link, but since the serial has not been initialized to the 
> > mouse, that does not seem to work either. (hrumpf).
> 
> I don't know anything about "Belken KVM" (and what is that) but I have
> on my old notebook (Compaq armada) serial and PS/2 (PS/2 is built-in
> trackball) both configured and they both works in the same time. So,
> it is possible to use two mouse simultaneously with xfree 4.x.x.
> 
> Milan
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