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Re: Twiddler problems

your problem is that X is trying to use /dev/mouse for the mouse. set it to
/dev/cua5 or something that dont exist. the twiddler's mouse driver will
take over X and feed the correct information to it....

does it work outside of x? the keyboard part of course...

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel L. Ashbrook <>
To:  <>
Date: Friday, May 21, 1999 10:50 AM
Subject: Twiddler problems

>I could use some Twiddler advice, if anyone has it. I'm trying to
>make one work on a Slackware Linux 2.2 box, and am not having much
>luck. In X, nothing happens until I move the twidder; then, the mouse
>pointer jumps all over the screen, even though the mouse button is not
>held down. It also types lots of ^H and @ characters. If I hit any
>of the keys, it doesn't type anything. In console mode, I don't get any
>characters at all, regardless of the buttons pushed or the movements
>made.
>
>As a test, I added a printf("x") to the driver where it checks for being
>out of sync, and sure enough - I get a constant stream of 'x's whenever
>I run it.
>
>I've checked (as much as I know how to) that nothing is using either
>serial port (I've tried both). Gpm is not running. I changed rc.serial
>to not execute. I have a ps/2 mouse, and /dev/mouse is linked to
>/dev/psaux.
>
>I'm at my wit's end, and any help would be -much- appreciated!
>
>
>Daniel Ashbrook
>
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