Re: Diagnosing dead mice.

[Benjamin LaHaise]

On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 07:21:18PM +0000, Ian Stirling wrote:
> I've recently bought a new PS/2 scrolmouse, for the princely sum of $2.
> 
> It doesn't work when plugged into my laptop, and occasionally 
> generates "unknown scancode" and random keys when used.

Sounds like the mouse may be working.  Double check that your laptop's 
BIOS is a recent version as most of the laptops I poked at when looking 
into the keyboard driver intercept all keystrokes and mouse movements 
in an attempt to provide additional features.

		-ben