SUMMARY: Sparc 10 mouse problem

From: Jonas Aberg (jonasa@matpr.kth.se)
Date: Wed May 28 1997 - 06:45:26 CDT


Hi,
Thankx for the usual swift response.

Most replys correctly suggested that twisting the mousepad 90 degrees
creates this problem.

This was in this case not the problem. This is a fairly new sparc 10 with a
new type 5 keypoard-mouse.

A type 5 mouse does NOT work with an older type 4 keypad.

After switching to a new type 5 mousepad it works again.

the most pinpointing reply was from Hans Schaechl.

Thanks a lot Hans.

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Two possible reasons:

1. Somebody turned the mousepad 90 degrees. Turn it back and
   the mouse should work in both directions again.

2. You got a mousepad with the wrong painting on it. We once had
   some older type 4 mousepads and tried to run the stype 5 mouse
   on them and it only worked in 1 direction.

HTH,
Hans Schaechl <hans@mpim-bonn.mpg.de>
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Thanks to all of you that suggested twisting the mousepad, I should have
mentioned I already tried that in the original request for help.

Quite a few suggested this, thanks to:
Craig Raskin, raskin@asiaonline.net.tw
"Milt Webb, IQ Software" <milt@iqsc.com>
"John Higgins" <higginsj@cork.cig.mot.com>
jgarb@erim.org (Joe Garbarino)

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