On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 11:25:42AM -0700, Alex Baker wrote: > Howdy all: > > I'm a first-time linux installer (I have some > experience running it, just not installing it) and I'm > having problems getting my mouse to work. It's just a > PS/2 Logitech Wheel Mouse, but I can't get it to work > in Linux. I know the mouse is connected correctly, > but I can't get it to work. Also, in my newbieness I > was editing one of the config files and now it seems > that my keyboard no longer works in X. It works up > until that point, but once X is loaded it doesn't do > anything. > > Is there a way that I can boot Linux without loading > X?
Your best bet is to boot off Knoppix (or your GNU/Linux distro's
installation disc in rescue mode) and fix your config files.
Alternatively, you can boot with init=3 passed to your kernel via your
bootloader.
> Also, what would be a recommended strategy to get the
> mouse working?
You probably want something like this in your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
file:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
(stuff you have in there now)
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
(stuff you have in there now)
EndSection
> Much thanks,
>
> Alex
>
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