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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, sindi keesan wrote:

> Mouse:  we plugged in a PS/2 mouse and if you touch it lightly the arrow
> scoots into the upper left corner and stays there.  When using the little
> eraser mouse, there is also briefly an arrow in screen center.
>
> Steven, how would we modify your XF86Config to turn off mouse
> acceleration?

Option "no_accel" (under Devices) did not help,  nor did three other 
options suggested for the Toshiba (no_stretch and two others) or turning 
off stretch in BIOS (it makes the text screen full height).  I tried these 
one at a time and in combination.

Nor did using bzimage.big, which I found at the American site of 
hotlist.html but the European site still has only BL3.32.

A Toshiba user says this is not a mouse but an 'accupoint'.  But Accupoint 
is PS/2 compatible and uses the same /dev/psaux.

We are supposed to enable the external PS/2 mouse in BIOS setup.  Changed 
from Auto-Selected to Simultaneous.  No help.  Arrow still scoots to the 
upper right.

Serial mouse works with no_accel.

My partner is unhappy about carrying around a serial mouse.

Why would a PS/2 mouse work in DOS but not linux?  And with Redhatbut not 
BL, according to other reports?
Sindi