User Feedback :: MOUSE NOT WORKING!!!!!!11one

Hi
I'm pretty sure that my mouse works, however I screwed up win 95 so I have no way to know for sure.
it's a serial one.
when i boot, sometimes I get into xsetup, and sometimes I dont. I'm running a 100mhz p586, with about 35mb of ram. I boot, and go into xsetup and configure everything, and I've tried every option with the verious "COM1" and all those things and still cant get it to work.
What happens is X starts up and the mouse just sticks in the middle of the screen.
I also tried booting with "expert" and then "(re)configured my mouse" and tried those options and still nothing

sorry I'm sort of in a rush

any help will be appreciated.

Using X-windows at 35 MB RAM may be cutting it close, especially without a swap file or swap partition. 20 MB is gone just after boot-up, and you have to count all the stuff residing on the /ramdrive depending on the extensions you load. I'd suggest that you boot into console mode first using "dsl 2" boot option and create at least a 30 MB swap file somewhere. Activate this swap file and then execute "startx" to go into X-windows.

My experience with serial mouse is that it is inherently problematic. I get better result with a serial-to-PS2 adapter, but still observe glitches and missed clicks.

Also, there are some BIOS that have the Plug-n-play options set by default for operation with Windows. These settings are not necessarily suitable for other OS.

serial mouse works under dsl, configuring it with xsetup, but I have problems if I use mouseconfig.

thanks for the replies.

I'm gonna get 16mb more more ram right now (if the store's still open), which I hope will be enough. How do I set up a swap partition, and how do I open programs without a mouse because the x keyboard shortcuts don't seem to work

Try booting with:

dsl vga=normal noicons xsetup

and choose xvesa server and follow the prompts.

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