Quote Originally Posted by Dave_Bechtel
' man gpm ' - the string I use for a USB mouse is:
' gpm -m /dev/input/mice -R raw -t imps2 ' but it will probably be different for you.
yep. gpm is the one (I remember using it from my courses). a follow-up question: is there a KDE utility (or something else) which allows me to detect the mouse type? I have an Dell intellimouse which is ps2 compatible but when I enter 'gpm -m /dev/psaux -t ps2' the gpm deamon loads just fine, and it "sort of works" in the sense that I see a cursor in the console, but it jumps all around, cannot be accurately aimed and sends garbage to the console.

gpm-mouse-test finds the device just fine but detects only ambiguous baud rates and cannot identify the mouse type.

BTW - I boot with the "wheelmouse" option

any ideas?

Thanks!