From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1ICjkY-00037a-Bd for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:18:02 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6MMFkXH023241; Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:15:46 GMT Received: from aa014msr.fastwebnet.it (aa014msr.fastwebnet.it [85.18.95.74]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6MMAtXm017779 for ; Sun, 22 Jul 2007 22:10:55 GMT Received: from [37.1.3.89] (37.1.3.89) by aa014msr.fastwebnet.it (7.3.118.6) (authenticated as cyclopia) id 466579D6025E34D6 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:10:51 +0200 Message-ID: <46A3DB12.7070501@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:32:50 +0200 From: "b.n." User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070623) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Garmin gps acting as a mouse!!! References: <46A3CF39.6070904@telus.net> In-Reply-To: <46A3CF39.6070904@telus.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 24b45728-c964-4b3f-9fed-b964748a3abf X-Archives-Hash: 9533b00e083cfae9eafa2bac41186a13 Ted Ozolins ha scritto: > Just acquired an etrex gps. The unit comes with a serial cable . When I > plug in the cable to the latest stable gentoo machine, the signals are > (seem) to be interpreted as that for the system mouse. The mouse > pointer flies all over the screen, opening and closing programs all over > the place. Does anyone know why the serial port would be interpreted as > a mouse input? How do I correct this? Any hints, pointers greatly > appreciated. Once upon a time, serial mice were quite common. Why is your GPS automagically recognized as a mouse, it's another story... m. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list