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From: jwb@ulysses.att.com (J. W. Ballantine)
Subject: Re: XF86311 and Gateway 4DX2-66V mouse
Message-ID: <DBM84K.3nC@ulysses.homer.att.com>
Keywords: XF86311 Gateway pointer
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References: <DBIJ7J.L0C@ulysses.homer.att.com> <3ttfct$ick@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> <DBLtCz.BGq@ulysses.homer.att.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 18:17:08 GMT
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In article <DBLtCz.BGq@ulysses.homer.att.com>, jwb@ulysses.att.com (J. W. Ballantine) writes:
|> In article <3ttfct$ick@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de>, j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) writes:
|> |> J. W. Ballantine <jwb@ulysses.att.com> wrote:
|> |> 
|> |> >I have it configured for a Microsoft mouse at 1200 baud.  What I get is
|> |> >jerky and rapid movement.  When I try a higher baud rate, I get nothing, and
|> |> >when I tried a couple of other types I get nothing.
|> |> 
|> |> Is it a three-button mouse?  Then it will be most likely using the
|> |> Mouse Systems protocol, also at 1200 baud.
|> |> -- 
|> |> cheers, J"org                      private:   joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
|> |>                                    http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
|> |> 
|> |> Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
|> 
|> Sorry, I forgot to mention that it is a two button mouse, and I tried
|> different BaudRates and for higher rates (>1200) it didn't move and for lower
|> rates I still had a jerky motion.
|> 
|> To check if it was the mouse, I put on a Logitech Mouseman cordless(3 button),
|> and at 1200 I'm still getting the jerky motion and at 9600 (the only other
|> allowed) the system doesn't see the mouse (or atleast it doesn't move the
|> pointer).
|> 
|> Jim Ballantine

As a follow-up to my follow-up, the problem seems to be a driver/pointer
problem.  What I have is a Gateway with a Mach32 Ultra Pro VLB bios rev 1.4.

When I link the /usr/X11R6/bin/X to XF86_SVGA, the mouse works
as it should.  When it is linked to XF86_Mach32, I get a horizontal movement
problem (vertical is ok).  I've tried to use other tty's (as the README.Mach 
states), but it only likes ttyd0 (28,0).  So it appears that something in
the video setup is wrong, but I have no idea what.

Any pointers as to where to look??

Thanks,

Jim Ballantine