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On 22 Jul 2007, at 22:42, Ted Ozolins wrote: |
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> Just acquired an etrex gps. The unit comes with a serial cable . |
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> When I |
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> plug in the cable to the latest stable gentoo machine, the signals are |
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> (seem) to be interpreted as that for the system mouse. The mouse |
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> pointer flies all over the screen, opening and closing programs all |
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> over |
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> the place. Does anyone know why the serial port would be |
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> interpreted as |
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> a mouse input? How do I correct this? Any hints, pointers greatly |
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> appreciated. |
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I assume you're using X11 & KDE or Gnome or something like this. |
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What does your xorg.conf say, please? |
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I'm thinking specifically of the mouse section, but you might as well |
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post the lot to be sure. |
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Also, is anything written to /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog |
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when you plug the GPS in? |
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Stroller. |
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