[ale] offtopic: Q2-Mouse: First you have it, then you don't

[ari]

It's about linux.  STOP CALLING IT OFF-TOPIC!@#

ok, that said...

i haven't played quake much, but first things first...

is it a ps/2 mouse or a serial?

I'm assuming you're running this from the console.  try killing gpm before
running quake.  some ps/2 mice won't work with X servers if gpm is also
running.

on another terminal, while playing, cat /proc/interrupts.  irq's are on the
left, traffic is in the middle, and the device name is on the right.  a
serial device name will be different from the ps/2 device name, of course.
make sure you don't have any conflicts (i.e. 2 devices with the same irq).  if
all is good, switch to the quake terminal, and move the mouse around.  don't
touch the mouse while not on the quake screen.  switch back to the terminal,
and cat /proc/interrupts again.  the traffic meter in the middle should have
increased.

try those, for some problem solving suggestions...

ari


Nomad the Wanderer (nomad at orci.com) said this stuff:

> OK,
>   I'm hoping someone here will have a fix or atleast be able to tell me
> what's broken.
> 
>   Quake2 in standard soft mode, I have mouse control.  If I either start
> GL mode, or switch to GL mode, the mouse ceases to be useful.  It is 
> completely missing.  If I switch back to "soft" mode I get mouse back.
> 
>   I have mouse with gpm of course.  Anyone got any ideas?
> 
> Robert
> 
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