Ellhniko mini-HOWTO toy Seiriakou Pontikiou 3 Koympiwn
  Geoff Short, geoff@kipper.york.ac.uk
  v1.33, 31 Maioy 1998

  Pws na kanete ena seiriako pontiki 3 koympiwn na doyleuei swsta katw
  apo Linux.
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  Table of Contents


  1. Arnhsh Ey8ynwn

  2. Eisagwgh

  3. Seiriakes 8ures

  4. Pontikia me diakopth

  5. Synh8ismena Pontikia

  6. Allazontas to Pontiki se Katastash 3-Koympiwn

  7. Pontikia me rodela

  8. Xrhsimopoiwntas gpm gia Allagh Katastasewn Pontikou

  9. Xrhsimopoiwntas duo pontikia

  10. Paradeigmata arxeiwn XF86Config kai Xconfig

  11. Cables, extensions and adaptors

  12. Diafora Problhmata kai Egkatastaseis

  13. Dokimasmena Montela

  14. Peraiterw Plhrofories

  15. Oyra Pontikiou



  ______________________________________________________________________

  1.  Arnhsh Ey8ynwn

  To parakatw eggrafo prosferete me kalh pisth oti periexei mono asfalh
  programmatismo kai diadikasies. Kamia ey8unh den einai apodex8eis apo
  ton syggrafea gia opoiadhpote apwleia h blabh prokaloumenh me
  opoiondhpote tropo se opoiondhpote an8rwpo h mhxanhma, ws amesh h
  emmesh synepeia twn parakatw odhgiwn.


  2.  Eisagwgh

  H pio prosfath ekdosh toy eggrafoy aytou mporei panta na bre8ei sto
  http://kipper.york.ac.uk/mouse.html

  Yparxei Iapwnikh metafrash sto http://jf.gee.kyoto-u.ac.jp/JF/JF-
  ftp/euc/3-Button-Mouse.euc; kai mia Gallikh sto
  http://www.freenix.fr/linux/HOWTO/mini/3-Button-Mouse.html.  Alles
  metafraseis mporei na einai dia8esimes - elegjete toys topikous sas
  LDP mirrors.


  Oi perissoteres X efarmoges einai grammenes me thn ypo8esh oti o
  xrhsths 8a doyleuei me ena pontiki 3 koympiwn.  Seiriaka pontikia
  xrhsimopoiountai eyrews se ypologistes kai einai fthna na agorastoun.
  Polla apo ayta ta pontikia exoyn 3 koympia kai isxyrizontai oti
  xrhsimopoioun to prwtokollo Microsoft, to opoio sthn 8ewria shmainei
  oti einai idanika gia thn egkatastash X windows.  (To rekor gia to pio
  fthno en leitoyrgia pontiki 3 koympiwn epi toy parontos brisketai sta
  $1.14!)


  Ta perissotera pontikia diplou prwtokolloy 8a leitoyrgoun se duo
  katastaseis:

  ·  katastash Microsoft 2-koympiwn.

  ·  katastash MouseSystems 3-koympiwn.

     To eggrafo ayto se odhgei mesa apo ta diafora bhmata poy
     xreiazontai gia na ry8misete to pontiki sas stis duo aytes
     diaforetikes katastaseis, eidika ta bhmata poy xreiazontai gia na
     xrhsimopoih8ei h pio xrhsimh katastash 3-koympiwn.


  Ka8ws oi dianomes ginontai pio eukoles gia na egkatasta8oun, merika
  apo ta problhmata 8a eprepe na fugoyn.  Gia paradeigma, h RedHat exei
  ena programma mouseconfig poy kanei thn egkatastash gia esas.  Wstoso,
  merikes ekdoseis toy RH5.0 eixan bug sto mouseconfig, gia ayto ton
  logo sigoyreyteite oti exete elegjei gia patches.


  3.  Seiriakes 8ures

  To prwto pragma poy prepei na kanete einai na sigoyreyteite oti to
  logismiko mporei na entopisei to pontiki.  Ypologiste se poia seiriakh
  8ura einai enwmeno to pontiki sas - synh8ws ayth 8a einai /dev/ttyS0
  (COM1 katw apo DOS) h /dev/ttyS1 (COM2). (H ttyS0 einai synh8ws h
  ypodoxh me 9 akides, h ttyS1 h ypodoxh me 25 akides, alla bebaiws den
  yparxei kanenas aysthros kai proxeiros kanonas gia ayta ta pragmata.)
  Yparxei epishs enas isodunamos ari8mos apo syskeyes /dev/cua, oi
  opoies einai sxedon idies me tis ttyS, alla h xrhsh toys twra
  apo8arrunetai.  Gia eykolia dhmioyrghste ena neo link /dev/mouse
  deixnontas se ayth thn 8ura. Paradeigmatos xarin, gia ttyS0:


       ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/mouse



  4.  Pontikia me diakopth

  Merika pontikia, oxi synh8ws ta pio f8hna, exoyn ena diakopth apo katw
  shmeiwmeno `2/3'. Merikes fores ayto mporei na einai `PC/MS'. Se ayth
  thn periptwsh h ru8mish `2' einai gia katastash Microsoft 2 koympiwn,
  kai h `3' gia katastash MouseSystems 3 koympiwn. O `PC/MS' diakopths
  einai ligo pio poluplokos.  8a breite pi8anws oti h ru8mish `MS' einai
  gia Microsoft, kai h `PC' einai gia MouseSystems. Isws breite oti h
  ru8mish `PC' perigrafetai ws katastash ps/2 , alla 8a prepei na kanei
  kai gia MouseSystems epishs.  An exete tetoio pontiki, mporeite na
  balete ton diakopth sto `3' h `PC', balte tis ry8miseis MouseSystems
  sto XConfigs (blepete parakatw) kai to pontiki 8a leitoyrgei teleia
  sthn katastash 3 koympiwn.





  5.  Synh8ismena Pontikia

  An den exete diakoptes, kai kamia odhgia, tote xreiazetai ligos
  peiramatismos.  To prwto pragma pros dokimh einai na ypo8esete oti o
  kataskeyasths toy pontikiou leei thn alh8eia, kai to pontiki einai
  plhrws Microsoft. Egkatasthsete ta Xconfigs sas gia na anamenoyn ena
  Microsoft pontiki (blepete to ``Xconfig section'') kai kanete mia
  dokimh.


  An to pontiki den leitoyrgei ka8oloy, tote den exete pontiki
  Microsoft, h yparxei kapoio allo problhma. Dokimaste ta alla
  prwtokolla stis configs, h man selida gia to arxeio config einai to
  kalutero meros gia na jekinhste na caxnete. Epishs koitajte sto tmhma
  ``Diafora Problhmata'' parakatw.


  Ayto poy pi8anws 8a breite einai oti an ekteleste to X, to pontiki
  leitoyrgei kanonika alla mono ta duo ejwterika koympia kanoyn kati.
  Mporeite bebaiws na to dexteite ayto, kai na ejomoiwste to trito
  koympi (patwntas sygxronws kai ta duo koympia gia na kante klik sto
  mesaio) opws kanete me ena pontiki duo koympiwn. Gia na to kanete
  ayto, allajte to arxeio Xconfig sas opws deixnetai sto tmhma
  ``Paradeigma Xconfig'' parakatw.  Touto mporei na shmainei oti exete
  agorasei pontiki 3 koympiwn xwris kanena kalo logo, kai bebaiws den
  exete kanei peraiterw proodo. Opote, twra 8a xreiastei na koitajte ta
  mhxanhmata sas.



  6.  Allazontas to Pontiki se Katastash 3-Koympiwn

  Akoma kai f8hna pontikia mporoun na leitoyrgoun katw apo to prwtokollo
  Mouse Systems, kai me ta tria koympia na leitoyrgoun.  To kolpo einai
  na kanete to pontiki na nomizei oti einai ena Mouse Systems, kati poy
  spania blepete stis odhgies sas.


  ·  Prin anacete ton ypologisth sas, krathste katw to aristero koympi
     toy pontikiou (kai krathste to pathmeno mexri na ginei ekkinhsh gia
     na eimaste sigoyroi).

  Otan to pontiki prwtoparei hlektrismo, an to aristero koympi einai
  krathmeno katw ayto metabainei sthn katastash Mouse Systems. Ena aplo
  gegonos, alla oxi panta dhmosieymeno. Shmeiwste oti mia mikrh
  epanekkinhsh toy ypologisth sas mporei na mhn kocei ton hlektrismo sto
  pontiki sas kai epomenws isws na mhn leitoyrghsei. Yparxoyn alloi
  tropoi allaghs ths katastashs, oi opoies mporei h den mporei na
  leitoyrgoun me to sygkekrimeno pontiki sas. Merikes apo aytes einai
  ligotero drastikes apo to na epanekkinhsete ton ypologisth sas, duo
  einai akoma pio drastikes!


  ·  An o ypologisths sas einai eyprositos mporeite na aposyndesete to
     pontiki kai na to syndeste pali me to koympi pathmeno katw (an kai
     den 8a eprepe fysiologika na syndeetai pragmata se anoikto
     ypologisth, to RS232 leei oti mporeite).

  ·  Isws na mporesete na janabalete to pontiki typwnontas echo "*n" >
     /dev/mouse, to opoio 8a prepei na exei thn idia epidrash me to na
     to aposyndesete. Krathste pathmeno to aristero koympi gia katastash
     Mouse Systems, oxi gia Microsoft. Mporeite na topo8ethste ayto se
     opoiodhpote keimeno poy xrhsimopoieite gia na jekinhste thn X.

  ·  O Bob Nichols (rnichols@interaccess.com) exei gracei ena mikro
     programma c gia na kanei to idio pragma, to opoio mporei na
     leitoyrghsei an to echo "*n" den leitoyrgei (kai antistrofa).
     Mporeite na breite ena antigrafo toy prwtotypoy kwdika toy sto
     http://kipper.york.ac.uk/src/fix-mouse.c

  ·  Kapoios anefere oti h grammh `ClearDTR' sto Xconfig eparkei gia na
     metabibash to pontiki toy sthn katastash Mouse Systems.

  ·  An eiste arketa gennaioi, anoijte to pontiki (8ymh8eite oti ayto 8a
     akyrwsei thn egguhsh sas) kai rijte mia matia mesa. Se merikes
     periptwseis, to pontiki mporei na exei diakopth mesa, gia kapoio
     periergo logw gnwsto mono ston kataskeyasth. Synh8ws sta f8hna
     pontikia einai ena jumper poy mporeis na metakinhseis. O diakopths
     h to jumper mporei na exoyn thn idia epidrash me ena diakopth
     `MS/PC' poy perigrafetai sto ``Pontikia me Diakopth'' parapanw.
     Mporeite na anakalucete oti o pinakas kyklwmatos einai sxediasmenos
     gia ena diakopth metaju twn 2 & 3 koympiwn, alla den exei
     topo8eth8ei. 8a moiazei kati san:


                -----------
               | o | o | o |  SW1
                -----------
                 1   2   3




  Prospa8hste na syndesete tis akides 1-2 h 2-3, kai koitajte an allazei
  thn symperifora toy pontikiou.  An thn allazei, mporeite eite na
  topo8ethste enan mikro diakopth, h na sygkollhsete tis epafes gia mia
  grhgorh kai monimh lush.

  ·  Mia allh lush sygkollhshs poy isws na einai h esxath lush gia
     pontikia poy den katalabainoyn ka8oloy MouseSystems, apo ton Peter
     Benie (pjb1008@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk).  An o diakopths toy mesaioy
     koympiou einai dipolos, syndeste mia meria toy diakopth ston
     diakopth toy aristerou koympiou, kai thn allh meria sto diakopth
     toy dejiou koympiou.  An den einai diakopths diplou poloy
     xrhsimopoihste diodoys anti surmatos.  Twra, to mesaio koympi
     pataei ta aristero kai dejio koympia mazi. Epilejte ChordMiddle sto
     XF86Config kai exete ena mesaio koympi poy leitoyrgei.

  ·  H esxath lush me to kollhthri perigrafthke arxika se mena apo ton
     Brian Craft (bcboy@pyramid.bio.brandeis.edu). Duo synh8ismena
     pontikia genikhs xrhshs einai ta 16 peronwn Z8350, kai ta 18
     peronwn HM8350A.  Se ka8ena apo ayta ta tsip, mia akida elegxei thn
     katastash toy tsip, ws akolou8ws.


       Pin 3   Mode
       -----   ----
       Open    Default Microsoft. Mouse Systems if a button is held on power-up.
       GND     Always Mouse System.
       Vdd     Always Microsoft.




  (Pins are numbered as follows:)







            ____
  pin1    -| \/ |-
  pin2    -|    |-
  pin3    -|    |-
          -|    |-
          -|    |-
          -|    |-
          -|    |-
  pin8    -|____|-




  (Oi plhrofories aytes einai prosfora twn Hans-Christoph Wirth, kai
  Juergen Exner, oi opoioi tis anakoinwsan sto de.comp.os.linux.hard­
  ware)  Mporeite na sygkollhsete mia epafh metaju ths akidas 3 kai gnd,
  poy 8a ka8orisei to pontiki sthn katastash MouseSystems.



  ·  O Peter Fredriksson (peterf@lysator.liu.se) exei dokimasei to tsip
     SYSGRATION SYS2005, kai brhke oti syndeontas thn Peronh 3 sto Gnd
     epebale thn katastash MouseSystem.

  ·  O Uli Drescher (ud@digi.ruhr.de) epibebaiwnei oti leitoyrgei se ena
     tsip HN8348A; O Ben Ketcham (bketcham@anvilite.murkworks.net)
     epibebaiwnei to HM8348A (H Peronh 9 einai to Gnd).

  ·  O Urban Widmark (ubbe@ts.umu.se) leei oti to idio isxuei sto tsip
     EC3567A1, opoy h Peronh 8 einai h geiwsh.  To exw dokimasei kai egw
     kai doyleuei 8aymasia.

  ·  O Timo T Metsala (metsala@cc.helsinki.fi) brhke oti sto tsip
     HT6510A h akida 3 einai h katastash epiloghs, h akida 9 einai Gnd.
     To idio isxuei gia to tsip HT6513A.  H Holtek epishs ftiaxnei tsip
     HT6513B kai HT6513F - se ayta, h akida 8 einai Gnd.

  ·  O Robert Romanowski (robin@cs.tu-berlin.de) leei oti h akida 3 -
     akida 8 (Gnd) doyleuei epishs se tsip EM83701BP.

  ·  O Robert Kaiser (rkaiser@sysgo.de) epibebaiwnei oti h akida 3 - Gnd
     doyleuei epishs kai se ena tsip EC3576A1.

  ·  O Sean Cross (secross@whidbey.com) brhke oti htan akida 2 - akida 7
     (Gnd) se ena tsip HM8370GP.

  ·  O Peter Fox (fox@roestock.demon.co.uk) xrhsimopoihse akida 3 -
     akida 8 se ena tsip HM8348A.

  ·  O Jon Klein (jbklein@mindspring.com) brhke oti akida 3 -akida 9
     efere apotelesma sto tsip UA5212S.

  ·  Ws enallaktikh lush stis parapanw me8odoys sygkollhshs, na
     anagkaseis to pontiki na krata to koympi toy katw kata thn
     ekkinhsh:  ayto to kuklwma apo Mathias Katzer.











           -----
        ---  R  ---------O------ + Supply
       |   -----   |        |                     C = 100nF capacitor
       |           | E      |                     R = 100kOhm
       |       __ /         |                     T = BC557 transistor
       |      /  \          O
       |   B | #V | T         /
       |-----|-#  |          /    Left button switch of the mouse
       |     | #\ |         O
       |      \__/          |
      ---         \  C      |
      --- C        ------O----------> (to somewhere deep inside the mouse)
       |
      ###  Ground




  To dokimastiko pontiki htan ena montelo MUS2S xwris marka- an
  leitoyrgei ayto se alla pontikia ejartatai apo to kuklwma toy pon­
  tikiou; an o diakopths einai enwmenos sthn geiwsh kai oxi sthn
  +Paroxh, enas npn-tranzistor opws o BC547 8a prepei na doyleuei; To R
  kai to C 8a prepei epishs na antallagoun.

  Synepws oriste, h epilogh einai dikh sas. Meinete kollhmenoi sto
  proepilegmeno Microsoft duo koympiwn, h  breite pws na allajte thn
  katastash kai na orisete thn X na to ekmetalleyteite ayto.


  7.  Pontikia me rodela

  Pontikia me rodeles exoyn emfanistei sto proskhnio ta teleytaia merika
  xronia, jekinwntas me to Microsoft Intellimouse kai epekteinontas se
  alloys kataskeyastes.  H rodela mporei na path8ei san koympi, h na
  kylietai panw kai katw. Me megalh diafora h kaluterh anafora gia
  plhrofories einai http://www.inria.fr/koala/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/
  poy perigrafei pws na anagkasete polles X efarmoges na anagnwrisoyn
  thn kinhsh kulishs.


  Genika, 8a xreiasteite ena sxetika kainourgio X diakomisth gia na
  xrhsimopoihste thn kinhsh kulishs, alla merikoi palioteroi diakomistes
  8a anagnwrisoyn tis energeies klik.  Paradeigmatos xarin, to
  Intellimouse yposthrizetai apo XFree 3.3.1 kai metagenesterh.


  8.  Xrhsimopoiwntas gpm gia Allagh Katastasewn Pontikou

  To gpm einai to programma poy sas epitrepei na xrhsimopoieitai to
  pontiki se katastash konsolas.  Synh8ws symperilambanetai se dianomes
  linux, kai mporei na jekinhsei apo thn grammh entolwn h sto keimeno
  ekkinhshs /etc/rc.d/rc.local.  Shmeiwste oti oi dianomes den exoyn
  panta thn pio prosfath ekdosh (1.13 thn stigmh poy grafw) poy mporei
  na bre8ei stis topo8esies ka8reptes toy sunsite.unc.edu.


  Oi kyrioteres katastaseis gia seiriaka pontikia katw apo gpm einai:


       gpm -t ms
       gpm -t msc
       gpm -t help




  gia Microsoft h MouseSystems katastaseis, h gia na ereynhsei to
  pontiki gia esas kai na sas pei ti brhke.  Gia na trejte gpm sthn
  katastash MouseSystems, isws xreiasteite mia -3 flag, kai pi8anws mia
  DTR epilogh, xrhsimopoiwntas th -o dtr flag:


       gpm -3 -o dtr -t msc


  To gpm synh8ws einai ikano na anagnwrizei kai ta tria koympia toy
  pontikiou akoma kai se katastash Microsoft.  Kai neoteres ekdoseis
  (Ekdosh 1.0 kai neoteres (?))  mporoun na kanoyn tis plhrofories aytes
  dia8esimes se alla programmata.  Gia na leitoyrghsei ayto , prepei na
  trejte to gpm me thn -R tag, etsi:

       gpm -R -t ms


  Touto 8a kanei to gpm na ejagei pali ta dedomena toy pontikiou se mia
  nea syskeyh, poy onomazetai /dev/gpmdata, h opoia fainetai san pontiki
  se opoiadhpote allo programma.  Shmeiwste oti h syskeyh ayth panta
  xrhsimopoiei to prwtokollo MouseSystems.  Mporeite tote na ry8misete
  to Xconfig sas na xrhsimopoiei ayto anti toy /dev/mouse opws deixnetai
  parakatw, alla bebaiws prepei na sigoyreuete oti to gpm panta
  ekteleitai otan xrhsimopoieitai thn X.  Merikoi exoyn anaferei oti
  merikes periptwseis mesaioy-koympiou den diermhneuontai swsta apo thn
  X xrhsimopoiwntas thn texnikh ayth, ayto mporei na symbainei logw mias
  idiaiterhs egkatastashs pontikiou.



  Allazontas thn sxediash koympiwn gia gpm kai X
  (gustafso@math.utah.edu)



  Mporeite na anakalucete oti to gpm xrhsimopoiei diaforetikes
  proepilegmenes sxediaseis koympiwn sth X, etsi xrhsimopoiwntas kai ta
  duo systhmata sto idio mhxanhma mporei na einai mperdema.  Gia na
  anagkasete thn X na xrhsimopoihsei ta idia koympia gia leitoyrgies
  epiloghs kai epikollhshs opws thn gpm, xrhsimopoihste thn X entolh


       xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 3 2"


  poy prokalei to aristero koympi na epilegei kai to deji na epikollaei,
  eite gia 2-koympiwn eite gia 3-koympiwn pontikia.  Gia na anagkasete
  th gpm na xrhsimopoiei thn protyph sxediash koympiwn ths X, jekinhste
  me mia -B entolh, p.x.:

       gpm -t msc -B 132




  9.  Xrhsimopoiwntas duo pontikia

  Se merikes periptwseis, gia paradeigma enas epigonatios ypologisths me
  mia enswmatwmenh syskeyh endeijhs, isws epi8ymeite na xrhsimopoihste
  ena seiriako pontiki san deuterh syskeyh.  Stis perissoteres
  periptwseis h enswmatwmenh syskeyh xrhsimopoiei to prwtokollo PS/2,
  kai mporei na agnoh8ei an den epi8ymeite na to xrhsimopoihste.  Aplws
  ry8miste th gpm h th X na xrhsimopoiei thn /dev/ttyS0 (h otidhpote) ws
  synh8ws.

  Gia na ta xrhsimopoieite kai ta duo sygxronws, mporeite na
  xrhsimopoieiste gpm -M gia na ejagetai jana tis syskeyes.
  Perissoteres plhrofories sthn man selida ths gpm.  Epishs, h XFree
  3.3.1 kai metagenestera yposthrizei pollaples syskeyes eisagwghs,
  xrhsimopoiwntas ton mhxanismo XInput.  Ta Ayto-paragomena arxeia
  XF86Config 8a prepei na periexoyn toys aparaithtoys sxoliasmous.



  10.  Paradeigmata arxeiwn XF86Config kai Xconfig

  H topo8esia toy arxeioy ry8misewn sas gia th X ejartatai apo thn
  sygkekrimenh ekdosh kai dianomh poy exete. Ayth 8a einai eite
  /etc/Xconfig, /etc/XF86Config h /usr/X11/lib/X11/XF86Config. 8a prepei
  na deite poia einai otan jekinhste thn X - 8a anthxei sthn o8onh prin
  emfanistoun oles oi epiloges. H suntajh einai ligo diaforetikh metaju
  twn arxeiwn XF86Config kai Xconfig, etsi dinontai kai oi duo.


  Seiriako Pontiki Microsoft


  ·  XF86config:


       Section "Pointer"
           Protocol "microsoft"
           Device "/dev/mouse"
       EndSection




  ·  Xconfig:


       #
       # Mouse definition and related parameters
       #
       Microsoft      "/dev/mouse"





  Seiriako Pontiki Microsoft me Ejomoiwsh Triwn Koympiwn


  ·  XF86config:


       Section "Pointer"
           Protocol "microsoft"
           Device "/dev/mouse"
           Emulate3Buttons
       EndSection




  ·  Xconfig:





  #
  # Mouse definition and related parameters
  #
  Microsoft      "/dev/mouse"
  Emulate3Buttons





  Seiriako Pontiki MouseSystems Triwn Koympiwn


  ·  XF86config:


       Section "Pointer"
           Protocol "mousesystems"
           Device "/dev/mouse"
           ClearDTR            #  These two lines probably won't be needed,
           ClearRTS            #  try without first and then just the DTR
       EndSection




  ·  Xconfig:


       #
       # Orismos pontikiou kai sxetikoi parametroi
       #
       MouseSystems    "/dev/mouse"
       ClearDTR                # These two lines probably won't be needed,
       ClearRTS                # try without first and then just the DTR





  Seiriako Pontiki Microsoft me gpm -R


  ·  XF86config:


       Section "Pointer"
           Protocol "MouseSystems"
           Device "/dev/gpmdata"
       EndSection




  ·  Xconfig:


       #
       # Mouse definition and related parameters
       #
       MouseSystems      "/dev/gpmdata"





  11.  Cables, extensions and adaptors

  Ta mona surmata poy xreiazontai sto kalwdio toy pontikiou einai ta
  ejhs: TxD kai RxD gia metafora arxeiwn, RTS kai/h DTR gia phges
  hlektrismou, kai geiwsh.  Metafrasmena se ari8mous peronwn, ayta
  einai: 9-akides 8ura     25-akides 8ura TxD     3
  2 RxD     2                     3 RTS     7                     4 DTR
  4                     20 Gnd     5                     7

  O parapanw pinakas mporei na einai xrhsimos an epi8ymeite na ftiajte
  prosarmogeis metaju 9- kai 25-peronwn busmata, h kalwdia proektashs.



  12.  Diafora Problhmata kai Egkatastaseis


  ·  An exete problhmata me to pontiki sas se katastash X h konsolas,
     elegje oti den trexete ena getty sthn seiriakh grammh, h otidhpote
     allo opws en prokeimenw ena modem . Epishs elegjte gia sygkrouseis
     IRQ.

  ·  Einai dynaton na xreiastei na kratate pathmeno to aristero koympi
     enw ginetai ekkinhsh twn windows X.  Merika systhmata mporei na
     stelnoyn kapoioy eidoys shma h aixmhs sto pontiki otan h X jekina.

  ·  Problhmata me seiriakes syskeyes mporei na ofeilontai sto mh swsto
     jekinhma ths seiriakhs 8uras kata thn ekkinhsh. Ayto
     pragmatopoieite me thn entolh setserial, ektelesmenh apo to keimeno
     ekkinhshs /etc/rc.d/rc.serial. Elegjte thn man selida gia setserial
     kai thn Seiriakh-HOWTO gia perissoteres leptomereies.  Isws ajizei
     ligos peiramatismos me tupoys, gia paradeigma dokimaste setserial
     /dev/mouse uart 16550 h 16550a adiaforwntas apo thn 8ura poy
     pragmatika exete.  (Gia paradeigma, sta pontikia den aresei to
     16c550AF).

  ·  H ClearDTR flag mporei na mhn leitoyrgei swsta se merika systhmata,
     ektos an apenergopoihste to RTS/CTS handshaking me thn entolh:

       stty -crtscts < /dev/mouse


  (Dokimasmeno se UART 16450/Pentium apo ton Vladimir Geogjaev geog­
  jaev@wave.sio.rssi.ru)

  ·  Ta pontikia Logitech mporei na apaitoun thn grammh ChordMiddle gia
     na epitrapei h leitoyrgia toy mesaioy twn triwn koympiwn. H grammh
     ayth antika8ista to Emulate3Buttons h kynhgoun thn grammh
     /dev/mouse sto arxeio config. Isws kalws xreiasteite tis ClearDTR
     kai ClearRTS grammes sto Xconfig sas.  Merika pontikia Logitech
     asfalws den xreiazontai thn grammh ChordMiddle - ena sumptwma aytou
     toy problhmatos einai oti ta menou fainetai na kinountai me to
     pontiki anti na kyloun katw. (Apo: chang@platform.com)

  ·  Antallagh koympiwn: xrhsimopoieiste thn entolh xmodmap gia na
     allajete to fysiko koympi poy einai kataxwrhmeno san to ka8e klik
     toy pontikiou. p.x.: to  xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 2 1"  8a strecei
     ta koympia gia xrhsh me to aristero xeri. An aplws exete ena
     pontiki duo-koympiwn tote einai aplws ari8moi 1 & 2.

  ·  Epitaxynsh: xrhsimopoieiste thn entolh xset m gia na allajte tis
     ry8miseis toy pontikiou. p.x. h xset m 2  8a ka8orisei thn
     epitaxynsh se 2. Koitajte sthn man selida gia plhrhs leptomereies.

  ·  Arxh deikth: An h energeia toy klik fainetai na erxetai apo ta
     aristera h ta dejia apo ekei poy einai o kersoras, isws mporei na
     ftaiei oti h o8onh sas den einai ey8ygrammismenh. Touto einai ena
     problhma me ton odhgo S3, to opoio mporei na ftiajeis
     xrhsimopoiwntas xvidtune. Dokimaste Invert_VCLK/InvertVCLK, h
     EarlySC.  Toutes oi plhrofories apo ton Bill Lavender
     (lavender@MCS.COM) kai ton Simon Hargrave.  Sto XF86Config, mporei
     na fainetai ws ejhs:



       Subsection "Display"
           Modes       "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "1280x1024"
           Invert_VCLK "*" 1
           ...




  ·  An exete `anaphdhsh' twn koympiwn toy pontikiou, dhl. duo klik otan
     8elete mono ena, isws exei problhma to pontiki.  To problhma ayto
     exei ly8ei gia pontikia Logitech apo ton Bob Nichols
     (rnichols@interaccess.com) kai perilambanei thn sygkollhsh merikwn
     antistasewn kai enos tsip sto pontiki gia na ginei apoanaphdhsh twn
     mikrodiakoptwn.

  ·  An merikoi xrhstes den mporoun na kanoyn to pontiki na doylecei
     alla merikoi (p.x. root) mporoun, einai dynaton oi xrhstes na mhn
     ekteloun akribws to idio pragma - gia paradeigma mia diaforetikh
     ekdosh toy X h diaforetiko Xconfig.  Elegjte prosektika ta mhnumata
     ekkinhshs ths X gia na sigoyreyteite.

  ·  An breite oti o deikths toy pontikiou sbhnei pragmata apo thn o8onh
     sas, exete ena problhma diakomisth config.  Prospa8hste na
     pros8este thn epilogh linear, h isws nolinear sto tmhma ths kartas
     grafikwn, h an einai pinakas PCI, tis epiloges tgui_pci_write_off
     kai tgui_pci_read_off.  (Touto fainetai na einai problhma ths
     Trident Card.)

  ·  An o kersoras toy pontikiou den emfanizetai sthn o8onh, alla kata
     ta alla fainetai na leitoyrgei, dokimaste thn epilogh "sw_cursor"
     sto tmhma Syskeywn sto arxeio config.

  ·  An to pontiki sas stamataei na leitoyrgei otan exei hlio h otan
     anacete mia lampa, mporei oi ais8hthres na plhmmyrizontai me fws
     poy mpainei mesa apo thn 8hkh.  Mporeite na dokimaste na bacete to
     eswteriko ths 8hkhs mauro, h na balete kapoia karta apo panw.

  ·  Pontikia Markas Microsoft syxna einai aitia problhmatwn. To
     kainourgio ``Microsoft Serial Mouse 2.1A'' exei anafer8ei oti den
     leitoyrgei se polla systhmata, an kai aposyndeontas kai syndeontas
     to pali mporei na boh8hsei.  H gpm ekdosews 1.13 h parapanw 8a
     prepei epishs na yposthrizei pontikia 2.1A, xrhsimopoiwntas ton
     tupo pontikiou pnp.  (Blepete to ``gpm section'' gia to pws na to
     ejagete jana ayto.)  To ``Microsoft Intellimouse'' epishs prokalei
     problhmata, an kai twra 8a prepei na yposthrizetai apo thn XFree
     ekdosh 3.3 kai neotera.


  13.  Dokimasmena Montela

  Yparxoyn polla diaforetika pontikia ekei ejw, kai eilikrina den mporw
  na pw oti 8a prepei na pate kai na agorasete kapoio apo ena allo. Ayto
  poy mporw na kanw einai na sas dwsw mia lista aytwn poy nomizw oti
  kanoyn ta pontikia ayta, basismenh se empeiria kai oti exw akoysta.
  Akoma kai me aytes tis plhrofories 8a prepei na eiste ligo prosektikoi
  - eixame duo oloidia pontikia sto grafeio mas se duo ypologistes,
  merika pragmata doulecan ston ena kai oxi ston allo!  Opoiesdhpote
  pros8hkes ston katalogo ayto einai eyprosdektes.


  Optiko pontiki Mouse Systems, seiriakh ekdosh
  Leitoyrgei kala (opws 8a perimenes apo to onoma!) xwris ClearDTR h
  ClearRTS sto config.
  Pontiki WiN, opws poylietai apo to Office World gia oxtw lires.
  Typopoihmeno diplhs-katastasews Microsoft/MouseSystems.
  Pontiki Agiler 2900
  Typopoihmeno diplhs-katastasews Microsoft/MouseSystems. To tsip
  SYSGRATION SYS2005 einai sygkollisimo.
  Pontiki Sicos,
  Leitoyrgei entajei, xreiazetai ClearDTR & Clear RTS sto config.
  H Index poyla pontiki gia 10 lires,
  Den doyleuei se katastash 3 koympiwn, alla exei wraies odhgies :-)
  Pontiki Artec
  Synh8ismeno pontiki diplou-prwtokolloy, xreiazetai `ClearDTR' na
  ry8mistei sto config, OXI `ClearRTS'
  Seiriako Pontiki 3 koympiwn DynaPoint.
  Synh8ismeno pontiki diplou-prwtokolloy, xreiazetai `ClearDTR' KAI
  `ClearRTS' sto Xconfig.
  Pontiki 3 koympiwn Genius Easymouse
  Doyleuei kala me to prwtokollo Mouseman xwris thn ru8mish ths
  parametroy ChordMiddle.  Apo ton Roderick Johnstone
  (rmj@ast.cam.ac.uk)
  Truemouse, ftiagmeno sthn Taiwan
  Doyleuei entajei, xreiazetai `ClearDTR' sto config. (Apo Tim
  MacEachern)
  Pontiki markas Champ
  Xreiazetai na exei ton diakopth sthn katastash PC, poy epitrepei to
  MouseSystems prwtokollo epishs. (Apo tnugent@gucis.cit.gu.edu.au)
  Pontiki MicroSpeed
  Synh8ismeno pontiki diplou-prwtokolloy.
  Marka Venus ($7)
  Exei jumper sto eswteriko gia na allazete metaju katastash 2 kai 3
  koympiwn.  (Apo mhoward@mth.com )
  Saturn
  Pontiki me diakopth, doyleuei entajei san MouseSystems sthn 8esh
  3-koympiwn.  (Apo grant@oj.rsmas.miami.edu .)
  Pontiki Manhattan.
  Diakopth gia katastaseis `MS AM' / `PC AT', katastash MS leitoyrgei
  kala me thn me8odo gpm -R. (Apo komanec@umel.fee.vutbr.cz).
  Pontiki Inland.
  Diakopth gia katastaseis `PC/MS', doyleuei kala. (Apo
  http://ptsg.eecs.berkeley.edu/~venkates).
  qMouse (3-koympiwn), FCC ID E6qmouse X31.
  Poylietai stis HPA gia peripoy $10. Doyleuei me `gpm -t msc -r 20'.
  Kanena jumper h diakopth gia katastash MouseSystems 3-koympiwn.
  Anajiopisto sth X.  Den antapokrinetai sto echo "*n" > /dev/mouse.
  Pontiki Mitsumi (2-koympiwn), FCC ID EW4ECM-S3101.
  Poylietai stis HPA gia peripoy $12. Ajiopisto sthn X kai katw apo gpm,
  omalo diplo-koympi. (Ayta ta duo apo gustafso@math.utah.edu)
  PC Pontiki Accessories poy phra apo thn CompUSA gia katw apo $10.
  Exei diakopth PC/MS apo katw.  Doyleuei entajei. (Apo
  steveb@communique.net)
  Pontiki First - polu f8hno stis 7.79 lires sto Tempo.
  Diplo Microsoft/MouseSystems, katastash orismenh me pathma koympiou
  sthn ekkinhsh.  Kanenas diakopths, kamia sundesh.  Tesseris syndeseis
  kalwdiwn, to echo '*n' den leitoyrgei.  `gpm -R' doyleuei wraia. (Apo
  peterk@henhouse.demon.co.uk)
  Pontiki 3-koympiwn Trust.
  Diplhs-katastasews me diakopth, leitoyrgei entajei ws MouseSystems se
  `PC' katastash.  Sto gpm den aresei h katastash Microsoft.
  Chic 410
  Doyleuei teleia otan einai se katastash ms kai xrhsimopoieitai me thn
  gpm -R entolh. Apo ton Stephen M. Weiss (steve@esc.ie.lehigh.edu)
  Pontiki 3-koympiwn KeyMouse.
  Doyleuei entajei me ClearDTR kai ClearRTS sto Xconfig; `-o dtr'
  xreiazetai me gpm. (Apo EZ4PHIL@aol.com)
  Qtronix keyboard `Scorpio 60'
  Kai ta tria koympia doyleuoyn me to prwtokollo MouseSystems.  (Apo
  hwe@uebemc.siemens.de)
  Tecra 720 laptop
  To glidepoint einai sto /dev/cua0; to stick einai sto /dev/psaux.
  (Apo apollo@anl.gov)
  Pontiki Anubis
  Doyleuei kala, xreiazetai na kratate to aristero koympi otan
  metabibazeste sthn X fantastikh konsola.  (Apo Joel Crisp)
  Pontiki Yakumo No.1900
  Doyleuei me thn gpm -R -t ms ejagontas sth X.  (Apo Oliver Schwank)
  Genius `Easy Trak' Trackball
  Den einai Microsoft symbato, xrhsimopoihse to Mouseman sthn Xconfig
  kai 8a leitoyrgei kala.  (Apo VTanger@aol.com.)
  Highscreen Mouse Pro
  `Doyleuei wraia' leei alfonso@univaq.it.
  Seira Logitech CA
  Leitoyrgei sthn X xrhsimopoiwntas prwtokollo MMseries, stis 2400 Baud,
  150 SampleRate.  (8a prepei epishs na efarmozetai sto Logitech CC, CE,
  C7 & C9 mice).  (Apo vkochend@nyx.net.)
  Pontiki A4-Tech
  Doyleuei entajei, xreiazetai thn grammh DTR katw apo thn X kai to gpm.
  (Apo deane@gooroos.com)
  Pontiki Vertech
  Kanonikh symperifora Microsoft/Mousesystems, mporei na sygkollh8ei gia
  monimh sundesh.  (Apo duncan@fs3.ph.man.ac.uk.)
  Boeder M-7 ``Bit Star'' (kai alla apo thn seira M ektos apo to M13)
  Allazei sto prwtokollo Mousesystems kratwntas opoiodhpote koympi sthn
  ekkinhsh.  (Apo mailto:sjt@tappin.force9.co.uk.)
  Mouse Systems Pontiki ``Kulishs'' (tessara koympia kai ena
  kulishs/koympi)
  Exei diakopth 2/3 - sthn katastash 3 leitoyrgei san pontiki
  MouseSystems triwn koympiwn, agnowntas to epipleon koympi & rodela.
  Den xreiazetai ClearRTS/DTR.  (Apo parker1@airmail.net.)
  Seiriako Pontiki Radio Shack 3-koympiwn
  Montelo 26-8432, dia8esimo sto Tandy gia peripoy 20 lires. Doyleuei
  san Mousesystems me ClearDTR. (Apo Sherilyn@sidaway.demon.co.uk.)
  Seiriako pontiki Dexxa
  Doyleuei kala xrhsimopoiwntas prwtokollo Microsoft sth Xconfig, kanena
  ChordMiddle h otidhpote allo den xreiazetai.  (Apo
  mailto:slevy@ncsa.uiuc.edu.)
  Pontiki Belkin 3 koympiwn
  Opws agorasthke apo to Sears (\$10), xreiazetai -o rts katw apo gpm
  (kai pi8anws ClearRTS katw apo thn X) otan einai sthn katastash PC.
  (Apo mailto:mmicek@csz.com.)

  14.  Peraiterw Plhrofories


  ·  To Mouse Systems exei istoselida sto http://www.mousesystems.com/.
     Exoyn programma odhgou Windows an xreiazeste enan

  ·  To Linux HOWTO Seiriakwn einai dia8esimo apo ka8reftes toy sunsite
     se olo to kosmo.  An den gnwrizete poy einai o pio kontinos sas
     ka8repths, jekinhste sto http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/linux.html

  ·  Yparxei mia polu kalh ejhghsh gia ton tropo poy leitoyrgoun na
     pontikia sto http://www.4QD.co.uk/faq/meece.html.

  ·  Plhresteres leptomereies twn arxeiwn Xconfig kai XF86Config
     briskontai stis sxetikes man selides, kai sthn tekmhriwsh peri
     egkatastashs twn X windows opws to Xfree86 HOWTO. Epishs, blepete
     ta XFree86 FAQ ston ka8refth toy http://www.XFree86.org/.
  ·  Plhrofories gia gpm briskontai sth man selida, epishs dokimaste thn
     istoselida toy Darin Ernst sto http://www.castle.net/X-
     notebook/mouse.txt.

  ·  Polles plhrofories gia mhxanhmata kai logismiko pontikiwn mporei na
     bre8ei sto
     http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/pc/interface.html#mouse


  15.  Oyra Pontikiou

  Arketes apo tis plhrofories gia to eggrafo ayto exoyn careytei apo ta
  diafora linux newsgroups. Lypamai poy den krathsa arxeio olwn poy
  emmesa syneisferane me ton tropo ayto, sas eyxaristw oloys para polu.


  Loipon, gia na anakefalaiwsoyme:


  ·  Akoma kai fthna pontikia Microsoft 3 koympiwn mporei na
     ejanagkastoun na doylecoyn.

  ·  Ry8misete to antigrafo sas toy X na anamenei ena pontiki Mouse
     Systems.

  ·  Krathste pathmeno to aristero koympi sthn ekkinhsh gia na
     metabibasete to pontiki sthn katastash MouseSystems.

  ·  Isws xreiastei na kratate pathmeno to aristero koympi otan
     jekinhsete thn X.

  ·  Ta pontikia einai pio ejypna apo oti nomizeis.