[ALUG] Re: Re: Re: Ubuntu installation problem

[Chris G]

On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:57:18AM +0100, Paul wrote:
> 
> Hi Chris
> 
> On Wednesday 06 June 2007 08:43, Chris G wrote:
> > > Setting Device to point to /dev/ttyS[0|1|2|3] should do it. Protocol
> > > "auto" normally senses if it is a two button or scroll mouse.
> >
> > Thank you!  With additions like the above I am now working at 1024x768
> > and above and I have ye olde Mouse Systems mouse working.
> 
> Much of the settings are mentioned in the multitude of xorg man pages. 
> Admittedly, far from easy to find, and a few of them are somewhat cryptic.. 
> But at least we have the source code when head scratching is not enough ;-)
> 
Yes, that's the problem.  The xorg.conf man page describes the format
of the xorg.conf file but doesn't give any of the actual values (e.g.
it doesn't tell you that MouseSystems is a valid driver name).  I knew
what I needed to change but didn't know the actual values I needed to
enter.


> On Wednesday 06 June 2007 08:48, Chris G wrote:
> > The system isn't all that old, it has a PS/2 mouse connector but I
> > don't have a (decent) PS/2 mouse whereas I do have some very usable
> > Mouse Systems optical mice.
> 
> Even PS/2 is regarded as "legacy" by some...
> 
It has USB as well!   :-)


> > It's all up and running now and seems pretty OK running Ubuntu 7.0.4,
> > it has 384Mb of memory, a 40Gb hard disk and an AMD K5 (I *think*)
> > processor.
> 
> Ooooo... Kinda makes my collection of Pentium 133 & 166 boxen look old.
> 
The oldest I'm currently running is the box I just set up to put in
the garage running Slackware.  That's actually an AT (as opposed to
ATX) format box with a AMD Duron 800Mhz processor I think.  It runs
Slackware 11 with fvwm2 quite happily.  I wanted it there so I could
access PDF manuals and update my maintenance records while I actually
do things in the garage.

-- 
Chris Green