Nekonomicon - SGI Fuel Mouse freezes after boot

urbancamo
Who joined Jan. 13, 2011, 1:33 p.m.
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Wrote the following at Nov. 5, 2012, 1:05 a.m...

Hi guys,

Thanks to sgi_mark I'm now the proud owner of an SGI Fuel. He kindly installed IRIX. The boot sequence proceeds without issue and the mouse is responsive, however when I get to the login screen the mouse freezes. I've tried this with an official SGI mouse and a Kensington trackball. Any ideas why the IRIX display manager/X server is no longer processing mouse input? Keyboard works fine.

Thanks, Mark.

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smj
Who joined Nov. 12, 2007, 7:54 p.m.
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Wrote the following at Nov. 5, 2012, 2:16 a.m...

Are these PS/2 or USB peripherals?

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urbancamo
Who joined Jan. 13, 2011, 1:33 p.m.
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Wrote the following at Nov. 5, 2012, 3:05 a.m...

Keyboard and mouse are both PS/2, and the peripherals I'm using are known working with the Indigo 2.

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jan-jaap
Who joined June 17, 2004, 10:35 a.m.
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Wrote the following at Nov. 5, 2012, 4:37 a.m...

Delete /etc/ioconfig.conf and reboot?

Also, it's possible the previous owner changed the mouse mode to support a wheel mouse. Look up the remarks about systune pcmouse_mode in man(7) pcmouse.

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urbancamo
Who joined Jan. 13, 2011, 1:33 p.m.
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Wrote the following at Nov. 5, 2012, 5:45 a.m...

Brilliant! That solved the problem.

Many thanks for the help.

Mark.

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SGI Fuel Mouse freezes after boot