ESIX/Compaq/Mouse

Jerry D. Pierce jdp at PacBell.COM
Sat Aug 4 04:48:13 AEST 1990


I'm trying to get a Microsoft serial mouse to run under ESIX
revision D with X windows on a Compaq 386/20E.  The mouse
is plugged into the special mouse port on the Compaq, but I'm
not certain if that port is treated as COM1 or ??  If you
remove the cover from the Compaq, a handy little note above
the drive bays says:
    Jumper E4
     1-2 Enable IRQ12, disable mouse interface
     2-3 Enable mouse interface
 
Just how does this tie in with X windows/device drivers for
the kernal??
 
Yes, I've run xconfig and told it that I have a microsoft serial
mouse in COM1, but when I invoke X windows, the mouse is still
DOA.  I went ahead and set the E4 jumper so that IRQ12 was enabled,
and then modified the /etc/conf/pack.d/asy driver so that the COM1
driver used IRQ12 instead of IRQ3, but that didn't help any either.

Any help would be appreciated.
 
   Jerry Pierce



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