mouse not responding in KDE - Linuxers

17 Oct 2001


      Hello,
I have a Microsoft Intellimouse (2 buttons) which
is serially connected to DOS COM1.
Whenever I run KDE, the mouse does not respond but
it does change its icon depending on what is 
positioned underneath it. For example, while on 
the desktop, it looks like a pointer but when
xterm is running, it changes to an "I" bar.
The relevant portion of my X configuration file
is as follows:
------------ /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 -------------
# File generated by anaconda.
Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Anaconda Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
<snip>
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "Microsoft"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection
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The /etc/sysconfig/mouse file is as follows:
----------------/etc/sysconfig/mouse ----------------
FULLNAME="Generic - 2 Button Mouse (serial)"
MOUSETYPE="Microsoft"
XEMU3="yes"
XMOUSETYPE="Microsoft"
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Please suggest some solution.
Thanks.
Parul Mathur