[Coco] mouse on sdlmess (linux)

[Bob Devries]

Interestingly enough, I installed the same SDLMess on my P4 linux box 
running KUbuntu, and the mouse works fine.
It appears to be either OS or hardware related. The Raspberry Pi uses a 
USB mouse, while the P4 uses a PS/2 mouse.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

On 14/08/2014 11:58 AM, Robert Gault wrote:
> Bob Devries wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have set up SDLMess on debian/wheezy on my eeepc900. It works very 
>> well, but
>> I'm darned if I can figure how to make the mouse work.
>> Does anyone have this working?
>>
>> I have set the mouse to hi-res in NitrOS9, using a little utility 
>> which I wrote,
>> but the mouse pointer stubbornly refuses to move from the top left 
>> corner.
>> I see an option to select the hi-res mouse in an SDLMess setting, and 
>> I've
>> selected that. What other settings should I change?
>>
>> SDLMess version 0.154.
>>
>> Regards, Bob Devries
>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>
>>
>
> Can't say anything about the SDLMess but the hi-res mouse works for me 
> in the Windows version of MESS.
>
> I'll assume you are not using a gui form of MESS, so you get to the 
> settings with ScrollLock/TAB. System Configuration is the panel that 
> contains mouse settings.
> Either or both Right and Left Controller Ports get set for joysticks. 
> Hi-Res Interfaces gets set for something and if you want Tandy instead 
> of CoCoMax you will probably select HiRes in Right Port unless your 
> game or program needs the Left Port.
>
> With your pointer stuck in the upper left corner, that is indicative 
> of None for the Hi-Res setting or a mismatch of Right/Left Port.
>
> Robert
>
>