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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!metro!news From: dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes) Subject: Re: My mouse works for 3 seconds in X then dies. Message-ID: <1992Nov3.095328.2488@ucc.su.OZ.AU> Sender: news@ucc.su.OZ.AU Nntp-Posting-Host: physics.su.oz.au Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia References: <1992Nov2.162320.4399@news.ysu.edu> <1992Nov2.192616.4695@tvt-k> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1992 09:53:28 GMT Lines: 25 In article <1992Nov2.192616.4695@tvt-k> paul@tvt-k (Paul Pries) writes: >ae007@yfn.ysu.edu (Daniel Newcombe) writes: > > >>Well, the latest in X problems... the mouse!!! >>I have a Microsoft 2 button mouse hooked up to COM2: and my >>Xconfig looks like >>Microsoft "/dev/com2" >> Baudrate 9600 >> SampleRate 150 >> Emulate3Buttons > >The problem occured to me too. The solution in my case was to >comment out the "Baudrate" and "Sample" entries. Those lines should only be used for either mice with programmable baud rates (Logitech) or mice with a non-standard baud rate. I think the Microsoft mouse only works at one baud rate -- the default 1200. David -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Dawes (dawes@physics.su.oz.au) DoD#210 | Phone: +61 2 692 2639 School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia | Fax: +61 2 660 2903 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------