[techtalk] Re: disappearing mouse

[Conor Daly]

On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 01:33:25PM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts, 
rottie at pandora.be thought:
> Hi,
> 
> This is not really an elegant solution but why don't you take a backup of
> your XF86Config file and then run sax to configure your mouse. It will
> create a new config file and you can compare the settings it uses with
> your old config file.
> I'm not really fond of sax (always seems to screw up my configuration of
> the video) but in this case it could point you in the right direction.. 
> 
> Also, do you have a ps/2 or serial mouse and which type is it?
> And what line have you got in XF86Config concerning this mouse?
> If you quote it, maybe we can see what's wrong.. 
> 
> One last remark, in my system the XF86Config file (and its backups) is
> located in /etc, which seems the only logical location to me.. I don't
> know about RedHat though, it does not always follow standards..
> 
/etc/X11/XF86Config

Try running "mouseconfig" (I think) as root.  That will configure only
your mouse and leave your video stuff alone.
-- 
Conor Daly <conor.daly at oceanfree.net>

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