[comp.unix.questions] Trouble with mouse

shawn@willow.UUCP (Shawn M. Rogers) (08/19/90)

Hi...

I'm having problems getting a mouse to work under SCO XENIX 2.3.2

I have a Logitech Bus Mouse, and installed it in my machine (DFI 386SX)
according to the manual that came with it.  I set the only jumper on the 
bus mouse board to interrupt 5, as suggested in the manual.

I then ran 'mkdev mouse', and specified that I was using a Logitech Bus
mouse.  The device '/dev/mouse/bus0' was created.  Following mkdev's
instructions, I relinked the kernel, and re-booted the system so the
new kernel would take effect.

When I type 'usemouse' I am getting the following message:

d_open: unable to open device ``/dev/mouse/bus0'' for read only
ev_open: error attaching device
usemouse: cannot open even queue(6)

In /dev/mouse, there are two devices: bus0 and vpix0
They have read/write permissions for everybody.  

I'd like to be able to use the mouse with a couple of applications under
VP/ix.  I tried loading the mouse driver in the VP/ix environment, but this
did not help matters.

I'd appreciate any help I can get regarding this problem.  Please e-mail
all responses.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.
-- 
Shawn M. Rogers                                           shawn@willow.UUCP
176 East Street #205A            ...decvax!ubbs-nh!wgc386!slum!willow!shawn
Methuen, MA  01844                     ...uunet!samsung!wizvax!willow!shawn

jay@gdx.UUCP (Jay A. Snyder) (08/24/90)

I have a wierd problem using my Logitech bus mouse with SCO Xenix 2.3.3
with XSight, and with VP/ix.

I get some of the same errors as shawn, but if I boot under DOS, the
logitech drivers initialize the mouse board, and then when I reboot, and
let Xenix boot, it works.

__WEIRD___!!!!


J
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Jay A. Snyder 					 "Let Me Up!  I've had enough"
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bent@lccinc.UUCP (Ben Taylor) (08/29/90)

jay@gdx.UUCP (Jay A. Snyder) writes:

>I have a wierd problem using my Logitech bus mouse with SCO Xenix 2.3.3
>with XSight, and with VP/ix.

I had the same problem.  Drove me crazy.

>I get some of the same errors as shawn, but if I boot under DOS, the
>logitech drivers initialize the mouse board, and then when I reboot, and
>let Xenix boot, it works.

SCO released a new logitech bus mouse driver which takes care of this
problem.  The maintainence supplement is unx204 and should be
available on sosco.  Even though it is designated as a unix supplement,
it also works with Xenix.  You just use install in single user mode,
then remove, then reinstall the mouse drivers.  One thing
I hate about the new driver.  It can only run at irq 5.  So much for
using a 150mb tape drive.   Its not documented but j2 should be set to 1.  
(not the irq jumper block)

>__WEIRD___!!!!

I don't know, LAME is what comes to my mind.

>Jay A. Snyder 					 "Let Me Up!  I've had enough"

Ben Taylor
Systems Administrator
LCC, Inc.			uunet!lccinc!bent
(202) 828-5550 x642		Ski Unix.

bent@lccinc.UUCP (Ben Taylor) (09/09/90)

jay@gdx.UUCP (Jay A. Snyder) writes:

>I have a wierd problem using my Logitech bus mouse with SCO Xenix 2.3.3
>with XSight, and with VP/ix.

I had the same problem.  Drove me crazy.

>I get some of the same errors as shawn, but if I boot under DOS, the
>logitech drivers initialize the mouse board, and then when I reboot, and
>let Xenix boot, it works.

SCO released a new logitech bus mouse driver which takes care of this
problem.  The maintainence supplement is unx204 and should be
available on sosco.  Even though it is designated as a unix supplement,
it also works with Xenix.  You just use install in single user mode,
then remove, then reinstall the mouse drivers.  One thing
I hate about the new driver.  It can only run at irq 5.  So much for
using a 150mb tape drive if you have 2 serial ports..   Its not
documented but j2 should be set to 1.  (not the irq jumper block)

>>__WEIRD___!!!!

I don't know, LAME is what comes to my mind.

>Jay A. Snyder 					 "Let Me Up!  I've had enough"

Ben Taylor
Systems Administrator
LCC, Inc.			uunet!lccinc!bent
(202) 828-5550 x642		Ski Unix.