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I pulled my SGI out of the closet the other day.

The mouse doesn't work!

It works during the bootup - before the OS loads - when its running in the firmware? Hell, what's it called? I almost wrote "when its in the BIOS" but I figure if I say that ya'll will make mincemeat out of my rear.

Then when it boots up and X windows is running, the mouse doesn't work. No cursor.

Keyboard works.

I tried another mouse and rebooted, same result.

I tried two USB mice with USB->PS2 converters and one genuine PS2 mouse.

I didn't put this in the software or hardware pages because I don't know if its a software problem or a hardware problem.

Any ideas?

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Maverick 3: Athlon X2 7750, 2gb, Windows Vista
Frank Dux: SGI Octane2 R12k 400mhz 1.5gb

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"Ridiculous. How can you justify wasting time and effort on this so-called 'fire' when our children are freezing to death at night?"

If the behavior is intermittent, you can try moving the mouse connector on the back plane around a little bit, to see if you get any detection of the mouse (or mouse movement).

Sometimes these connectors get a dry or broken solder joint, because they are subject to force with the mouse being inserted/removed all the time.

But if it consistently works during boot up only, this is unlikely to be the cause....

It consistently works while the firmware is running, then when the OS takes over it ceases to work. Its like its not even there.

I tried opening up the command line (After figuring out how to LAUNCH it without clicking on anything...) and there was no working mouse device in /dev/.

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Maverick 3: Athlon X2 7750, 2gb, Windows Vista
Frank Dux: SGI Octane2 R12k 400mhz 1.5gb

"Chief, look! I learned to make fire! Who knows what we could do with this... We should learn to control it!"

"Ridiculous. How can you justify wasting time and effort on this so-called 'fire' when our children are freezing to death at night?"

you could try renaming the /etc/ioconfig.conf file and rebooting

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(Maradona) (DavidVilla) A1186 (Xavi)
A1370 (Messi) dp43tf (Puyol) A1387 (Abidal) A1408 (Guardiola)

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I will try that tommorrow morning. Thanks!

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Maverick 3: Athlon X2 7750, 2gb, Windows Vista
Frank Dux: SGI Octane2 R12k 400mhz 1.5gb

"Chief, look! I learned to make fire! Who knows what we could do with this... We should learn to control it!"

"Ridiculous. How can you justify wasting time and effort on this so-called 'fire' when our children are freezing to death at night?"

ARCS? i've heard it referred to as "command monitor" too

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My SGI systems (in order received) Deaconblues Badsneakers Greenearrings Kidcharlemagne Haitiandivorce Aja MidnightCruiser
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IMO the proper term is PROM or ARC. firmware is also common.

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(Maradona) (DavidVilla) A1186 (Xavi)
A1370 (Messi) dp43tf (Puyol) A1387 (Abidal) A1408 (Guardiola)

"InfiniteReality Graphics - Power Through Complexity"

yes, but not BIOS, NEVER use the term BIOS in here, or prepare to be pwned, lol. JK

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My SGI systems (in order received) Deaconblues Badsneakers Greenearrings Kidcharlemagne Haitiandivorce Aja MidnightCruiser
(looking for) Pretzellogic Blackfriday

Workstation firmware is a minefield, isn't it . SGI has ARCS or the PROM (or PROM monitor) (ARC is the DEC Alpha NT firmware), Sun has the PROM or OpenBoot, Alpha (real Alpha, not the NT stuff) has SRM or the Console (VAX is the Console as well), Apollo has md (Mnemonic Debugger) or the debugger, HP has PDC (Processor Dependant Code??), and Itanium has EFI. Cursed and ridiculed be he who confuses them!

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Systems available for remote access on request.

(single-CM)

Or AlphaBIOS, which is newer and more graphical than ARC.

While we are listing firmware... The Sam440 (PPC Amiga ) has U-boot.

The ARC vs ARCS thing confuses people at times...
No, you can not run WindowsNT on it, it has an S.

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