On Sat, Sep 20, 2003 at 10:26:27AM -0500, Sam MacDonald wrote:
> Maybe I miss worded the results
> 
> I set the bios to be internal
> the PS2 mouse gets found by "gpm"
>    But the track ball does not work
> 
> Sam
> 

Sam, heres a neat trick, you can look at raw character device
data using a octal/hex dump tool(od or xxd).
cat /dev/psaux | od
Then move your trackball around.  Any data coming out?  If so
then maybe you need to select some other hardware type for gpm.
If not maybe you need to whack your laptop or check the bios.

You can do the same on the serial port:
/etc/init.d/gpm stop
stty -F /dev/ttyS0 raw 1200
cat /dev/ttyS0 | od

Another tidbit of info that might be useful:
cat /proc/interrupts
Are you getting any interrupts for the ps/2 device?
When something has the serial or ps/2 port open,
the data coming in will accumulate interrupts.




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