[CentOS] Serious desktop/mouse problem in Gnome

[Robert Moskowitz]

At 06:23 PM 2/21/2006, Johnny Hughes wrote:
>On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 17:09 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> > At 04:11 PM 2/21/2006, John Pierce wrote:
> > > > To the end of /boot/grub/grub.conf I added the line:
> > > >
> > > > psmouse.proto=imps
> > >
> > >Well the psmouse.proto=imps needs to be added to one of the kernel
> > >command lines in grub.conf, not on a line by itself.
> >
> > And???
> >
> > Here is my grub.conf
> >
> > default=0
> > timeout=5
> > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> > hiddenmenu
> > title Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (2.6.9-22.0.2.EL)
> >          root (hd0,0)
> >          kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> >          initrd /initrd-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL.img
> > title CentOS (2.6.9-22.0.1.EL)
> >          root (hd0,0)
> >          kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> >          initrd /initrd-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL.img
> > title CentOS-4 i386 (2.6.9-22.EL)
> >          root (hd0,0)
> >          kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-22.EL ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> >          initrd /initrd-2.6.9-22.EL.img
> >
> > where do I put that option?
> >
>after the "quiet" add a "space" and try  psmouse.proto=imps
>
>also try psmouse.proto=bare

thanks!


>you might also try this in /etc/X11/xorg.conf for the mouse driver (that
>works for my belkin switch and a logitech scroll mouse):
>
>         Option      "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"

Now THAT is what I was hoping to learn.  I have been googling and 
looking and have yet to find any listing of the values for "Protocol".