Re: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop
I have those files for you now...hope they help!! Cheers Jason Mungandi, Fred wrote: Jason, Thanks for the tips. I will try tweaking the XF86Config-4 file. Please send me you config file. Thanks, Fred Mungandi -Original Message- From: Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 7:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop Don't give up!! You can get it to work I am reasonable certain of that. Though, Toshiba hardware is notorious for not playing nicely with Linux (they have staff that they employ jointly with MS=). I have gotten mine to work on my work box (an ASUS) by tweaking the XF86Config/-4 files by hand. They are on my work box or I would email them to you now. Basically you need to use the send core events argument for your usb mouse so it pipes the output through the normal mouse. I can get you my files as a sample tomorrow unless someone else has some handy or knows the changes that need to be made to those files. BTW, they are found in /etc/X11/ Cheers Jason Greenwood Mungandi, Fred wrote: Hi, I am a newbie to Linux. Over the weekend, I installed Mandrake 9.0 on a Toshiba Satellite 1905-S301 laptop. The little devil is powered by a P4 running at 2 GHz, has 40 GB HDD and 256 MB RAM. I installed it in a dual boot arrangement with Windows XP. The laptop has a touch pad mouse, which I do not use. Instead I use a Genius PowerScroll USB mouse connected through one of the two USB ports. It has no PS2 port at all. I also hooked up a USB keyboard in the remaining USB port. The problem is that the USB mouse does not work well. When X starts, the mouse only moves in the vertical direction with no horizontal movement at all. When I remove the mouse during startup and plug it in later when X has started, all goes well. It seems that hell breaks loose during startup, probably during auto probe. Could this be a problem with modprobe? Do I need a USB mouse driver of some sort? Please help I am very desperate. I am on the verge of giving up. Fred Mungandi Lusaka, Zambia Tel: +260-1-254303 Fax: +260-1-254532 Cell: +260-97-841560 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Section Files RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX # Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF... FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic #FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi #FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi # True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig! FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/ttf/western FontPath /usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives # FontPath /usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType EndSection Section ServerFlags EndSection Section Keyboard ProtocolStandard AutoRepeat 500 5 LeftAltMeta RightAltMeta ScrollLock Compose RightCtlControl # This is just the default keymap for X. # May be changed with the KDE international keyboard tool. XkbModelpc104 XkbLayout us # XkbOptions ctrl:swapcaps # XkbKeycodes xfree86 # XkbTypesdefault # XkbCompat default # XkbSymbols us(pc101) # XkbGeometry pc # XkbRulesxfree86 # XkbModelpc101 # XkbLayout us EndSection Section Pointer ProtocolPS/2 Device /dev/mouse Emulate3Buttons Emulate3Timeout70 EndSection # Auto-generated by mkxf86config Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 # Wish we could use some probed settings here, too, but XFree4 cannot do this yet. # HorizSync28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors HorizSync28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors VertRefresh 50.0 - 76.0 # Very conservative. May flicker. # These are some Modelines that happen to work on many systems # Especially the 1024x768 has been thoroughly tested, even on Laptops Modeline 640x480 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525 #60Hz Modeline 800x600 40.12 800 848 968 1056 600 601 605 628 #60Hz Modeline 1024x768851024 1056 1152 1360 768 784 787 823 Modeline 1152x864921152 1208 1368 1474 864 865 875 895 Modeline 1152x864 1101152 1240 1324 1552 864 864 876 908 Modeline
RE: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop
Title: RE: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop Thanks Jason, I will take a look Fred -Original Message- From: Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop I have those files for you now...hope they help!! Cheers Jason Mungandi, Fred wrote: Jason, Thanks for the tips. I will try tweaking the XF86Config-4 file. Please send me you config file. Thanks, Fred Mungandi -Original Message- From: Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 7:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop Don't give up!! You can get it to work I am reasonable certain of that. Though, Toshiba hardware is notorious for not playing nicely with Linux (they have staff that they employ jointly with MS=). I have gotten mine to work on my work box (an ASUS) by tweaking the XF86Config/-4 files by hand. They are on my work box or I would email them to you now. Basically you need to use the send core events argument for your usb mouse so it pipes the output through the normal mouse. I can get you my files as a sample tomorrow unless someone else has some handy or knows the changes that need to be made to those files. BTW, they are found in /etc/X11/ Cheers Jason Greenwood Mungandi, Fred wrote: Hi, I am a newbie to Linux. Over the weekend, I installed Mandrake 9.0 on a Toshiba Satellite 1905-S301 laptop. The little devil is powered by a P4 running at 2 GHz, has 40 GB HDD and 256 MB RAM. I installed it in a dual boot arrangement with Windows XP. The laptop has a touch pad mouse, which I do not use. Instead I use a Genius PowerScroll USB mouse connected through one of the two USB ports. It has no PS2 port at all. I also hooked up a USB keyboard in the remaining USB port. The problem is that the USB mouse does not work well. When X starts, the mouse only moves in the vertical direction with no horizontal movement at all. When I remove the mouse during startup and plug it in later when X has started, all goes well. It seems that hell breaks loose during startup, probably during auto probe. Could this be a problem with modprobe? Do I need a USB mouse driver of some sort? Please help I am very desperate. I am on the verge of giving up. Fred Mungandi Lusaka, Zambia Tel: +260-1-254303 Fax: +260-1-254532 Cell: +260-97-841560 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop
Title: RE: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop Hi All, I have a really good question! Why am I ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), receiving all of your E-mails, since early this morning? Did someone steal my account? Or is it an unwelcomed virus attack? :) Digitally Damned, WhiteLion @-,-}-- - Original Message - From: Mungandi, Fred To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 5:04 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop Thanks Jason, I will take a look Fred -Original Message- From: Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 11:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop I have those files for you now...hope they help!! Cheers Jason Mungandi, Fred wrote: Jason, Thanks for the tips. I will try tweaking the XF86Config-4 file. Please send me you config file. Thanks, Fred Mungandi -Original Message- From: Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 7:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop Don't give up!! You can get it to work I am reasonable certain of that. Though, Toshiba hardware is notorious for not playing nicely with Linux (they have staff that they employ jointly with MS=). I have gotten mine to work on my work box (an ASUS) by tweaking the XF86Config/-4 files by hand. They are on my work box or I would email them to you now. Basically you need to use the "send core events" argument for your usb mouse so it pipes the output through the normal mouse. I can get you my files as a sample tomorrow unless someone else has some handy or knows the changes that need to be made to those files. BTW, they are found in /etc/X11/ Cheers Jason Greenwood Mungandi, Fred wrote: Hi, I am a newbie to Linux. Over the weekend, I installed Mandrake 9.0 on a Toshiba Satellite 1905-S301 laptop. The little devil is powered by a P4 running at 2 GHz, has 40 GB HDD and 256 MB RAM. I installed it in a dual boot arrangement with Windows XP. The laptop has a touch pad mouse, which I do not use. Instead I use a Genius PowerScroll USB mouse connected through one of the two USB ports. It has no PS2 port at all. I also hooked up a USB keyboard in the remaining USB port. The problem is that the USB mouse does not work well. When X starts, the mouse only moves in the vertical direction with no horizontal movement at all. When I remove the mouse during startup and plug it in later when X has started, all goes well. It seems that hell breaks loose during startup, probably during auto probe. Could this be a problem with modprobe? Do I need a USB mouse driver of some sort? Please help I am very desperate. I am on the verge of giving up. Fred Mungandi Lusaka, Zambia Tel: +260-1-254303 Fax: +260-1-254532 Cell: +260-97-841560 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop
Hi All, I have a really good question! Why am I ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), receiving all of your E-mails, since early this morning? Did someone steal my account? Or is it an unwelcomed virus attack? :) Digitally Damned, WhiteLion @-,-}-- - Original Message - From: Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 4:30 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop I have those files for you now...hope they help!! Cheers Jason Mungandi, Fred wrote: Jason, Thanks for the tips. I will try tweaking the XF86Config-4 file. Please send me you config file. Thanks, Fred Mungandi -Original Message- From: Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 7:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop Don't give up!! You can get it to work I am reasonable certain of that. Though, Toshiba hardware is notorious for not playing nicely with Linux (they have staff that they employ jointly with MS=). I have gotten mine to work on my work box (an ASUS) by tweaking the XF86Config/-4 files by hand. They are on my work box or I would email them to you now. Basically you need to use the send core events argument for your usb mouse so it pipes the output through the normal mouse. I can get you my files as a sample tomorrow unless someone else has some handy or knows the changes that need to be made to those files. BTW, they are found in /etc/X11/ Cheers Jason Greenwood Mungandi, Fred wrote: Hi, I am a newbie to Linux. Over the weekend, I installed Mandrake 9.0 on a Toshiba Satellite 1905-S301 laptop. The little devil is powered by a P4 running at 2 GHz, has 40 GB HDD and 256 MB RAM. I installed it in a dual boot arrangement with Windows XP. The laptop has a touch pad mouse, which I do not use. Instead I use a Genius PowerScroll USB mouse connected through one of the two USB ports. It has no PS2 port at all. I also hooked up a USB keyboard in the remaining USB port. The problem is that the USB mouse does not work well. When X starts, the mouse only moves in the vertical direction with no horizontal movement at all. When I remove the mouse during startup and plug it in later when X has started, all goes well. It seems that hell breaks loose during startup, probably during auto probe. Could this be a problem with modprobe? Do I need a USB mouse driver of some sort? Please help I am very desperate. I am on the verge of giving up. Fred Mungandi Lusaka, Zambia Tel: +260-1-254303 Fax: +260-1-254532 Cell: +260-97-841560 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Section Files RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX # Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF... FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic #FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi #FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi # True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig! FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/ttf/western FontPath /usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives # FontPath /usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType EndSection Section ServerFlags EndSection Section Keyboard ProtocolStandard AutoRepeat 500 5 LeftAltMeta RightAltMeta ScrollLock Compose RightCtlControl # This is just the default keymap for X. # May be changed with the KDE international keyboard tool. XkbModelpc104 XkbLayout us # XkbOptions ctrl:swapcaps # XkbKeycodes xfree86 # XkbTypesdefault # XkbCompat default # XkbSymbols us(pc101) # XkbGeometry pc # XkbRulesxfree86 # XkbModelpc101 # XkbLayout us EndSection Section Pointer ProtocolPS/2 Device /dev/mouse Emulate3Buttons Emulate3Timeout70 EndSection # Auto-generated by mkxf86config Section Monitor Identifier Monitor0 # Wish we could use some probed settings here, too, but XFree4 cannot do this yet. # HorizSync28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors HorizSync28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors VertRefresh 50.0 - 76.0 # Very
Re: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop
On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 03:09, Mungandi, Fred wrote: Hi, I am a newbie to Linux. Over the weekend, I installed Mandrake 9.0 on a Toshiba Satellite 1905-S301 laptop. The little devil is powered by a P4 running at 2 GHz, has 40 GB HDD and 256 MB RAM. I installed it in a dual boot arrangement with Windows XP. The laptop has a touch pad mouse, which I do not use. Instead I use a Genius PowerScroll USB mouse connected through one of the two USB ports. It has no PS2 port at all. I also hooked up a USB keyboard in the remaining USB port. The problem is that the USB mouse does not work well. When X starts, the mouse only moves in the vertical direction with no horizontal movement at all. When I remove the mouse during startup and plug it in later when X has started, all goes well. It seems that hell breaks loose during startup, probably during auto probe. Could this be a problem with modprobe? Do I need a USB mouse driver of some sort? Please help I am very desperate. I am on the verge of giving up. Fred Mungandi Lusaka, Zambia Tel: +260-1-254303 Fax: +260-1-254532 Cell: +260-97-841560 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a Toshiba 5005-S504 and my mouse is working nicely. It was detected as a USB wheel mouse by Mandrake. Mine is a Microsoft Intellimouse Optical. Anyway, go to Mandrake Control Center-Hardware-Mouse and try different ones. Maybe you find the right one in there. Suerte -- __ / \\ @ __ __@ Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A, ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\ / // // / //celular: +58 416 609-6213 /___// // / _/ \__\\ //__/ // fax: +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com //pager : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop
Title: RE: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop Suerte, Thanks for your response. I have tried all the mouse options under Mandrake Control Centre. Nothings works so far. Fred -Original Message- From: Adolfo Bello [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 2:11 PM To: MDK Mandrake Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 03:09, Mungandi, Fred wrote: Hi, I am a newbie to Linux. Over the weekend, I installed Mandrake 9.0 on a Toshiba Satellite 1905-S301 laptop. The little devil is powered by a P4 running at 2 GHz, has 40 GB HDD and 256 MB RAM. I installed it in a dual boot arrangement with Windows XP. The laptop has a touch pad mouse, which I do not use. Instead I use a Genius PowerScroll USB mouse connected through one of the two USB ports. It has no PS2 port at all. I also hooked up a USB keyboard in the remaining USB port. The problem is that the USB mouse does not work well. When X starts, the mouse only moves in the vertical direction with no horizontal movement at all. When I remove the mouse during startup and plug it in later when X has started, all goes well. It seems that hell breaks loose during startup, probably during auto probe. Could this be a problem with modprobe? Do I need a USB mouse driver of some sort? Please help I am very desperate. I am on the verge of giving up. Fred Mungandi Lusaka, Zambia Tel: +260-1-254303 Fax: +260-1-254532 Cell: +260-97-841560 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a Toshiba 5005-S504 and my mouse is working nicely. It was detected as a USB wheel mouse by Mandrake. Mine is a Microsoft Intellimouse Optical. Anyway, go to Mandrake Control Center-Hardware-Mouse and try different ones. Maybe you find the right one in there. Suerte -- __ / \\ @ __ __ @ Adolfo Bello [EMAIL PROTECTED] / // // /\ / \\ // \ // Bello Ingenieria S.A, ICQ: 65910258 / \\ // / \\ / // // / // celular: +58 416 609-6213 /___// // / _/ \__\\ //__/ // fax : +58 212 952-6797 www.bisapi.com // pager : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop
On Tue, 2003-03-25 at 01:36, Mungandi, Fred wrote: Suerte, Thanks for your response. I have tried all the mouse options under Mandrake Control Centre. Nothings works so far. Fred Have you tried running mousedrake from a terminal? You should be able to just choose a generic USB wheel mouse... -- Tue Mar 25 06:35:00 EST 2003 06:35:00 up 3 days, 17:22, 2 users, load average: 0.15, 0.18, 0.13 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting machine no:194239 * RH 7.3 * Sales - Service - Support - Tutor -- ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of. -- Blaise Pascal Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop
Don't give up!! You can get it to work I am reasonable certain of that. Though, Toshiba hardware is notorious for not playing nicely with Linux (they have staff that they employ jointly with MS=). I have gotten mine to work on my work box (an ASUS) by tweaking the XF86Config/-4 files by hand. They are on my work box or I would email them to you now. Basically you need to use the send core events argument for your usb mouse so it pipes the output through the normal mouse. I can get you my files as a sample tomorrow unless someone else has some handy or knows the changes that need to be made to those files. BTW, they are found in /etc/X11/ Cheers Jason Greenwood Mungandi, Fred wrote: Hi, I am a newbie to Linux. Over the weekend, I installed Mandrake 9.0 on a Toshiba Satellite 1905-S301 laptop. The little devil is powered by a P4 running at 2 GHz, has 40 GB HDD and 256 MB RAM. I installed it in a dual boot arrangement with Windows XP. The laptop has a touch pad mouse, which I do not use. Instead I use a Genius PowerScroll USB mouse connected through one of the two USB ports. It has no PS2 port at all. I also hooked up a USB keyboard in the remaining USB port. The problem is that the USB mouse does not work well. When X starts, the mouse only moves in the vertical direction with no horizontal movement at all. When I remove the mouse during startup and plug it in later when X has started, all goes well. It seems that hell breaks loose during startup, probably during auto probe. Could this be a problem with modprobe? Do I need a USB mouse driver of some sort? Please help I am very desperate. I am on the verge of giving up. Fred Mungandi Lusaka, Zambia Tel: +260-1-254303 Fax: +260-1-254532 Cell: +260-97-841560 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop
Title: RE: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop Jason, Thanks for the tips. I will try tweaking the XF86Config-4 file. Please send me you config file. Thanks, Fred Mungandi -Original Message- From: Jason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 7:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop Don't give up!! You can get it to work I am reasonable certain of that. Though, Toshiba hardware is notorious for not playing nicely with Linux (they have staff that they employ jointly with MS=). I have gotten mine to work on my work box (an ASUS) by tweaking the XF86Config/-4 files by hand. They are on my work box or I would email them to you now. Basically you need to use the send core events argument for your usb mouse so it pipes the output through the normal mouse. I can get you my files as a sample tomorrow unless someone else has some handy or knows the changes that need to be made to those files. BTW, they are found in /etc/X11/ Cheers Jason Greenwood Mungandi, Fred wrote: Hi, I am a newbie to Linux. Over the weekend, I installed Mandrake 9.0 on a Toshiba Satellite 1905-S301 laptop. The little devil is powered by a P4 running at 2 GHz, has 40 GB HDD and 256 MB RAM. I installed it in a dual boot arrangement with Windows XP. The laptop has a touch pad mouse, which I do not use. Instead I use a Genius PowerScroll USB mouse connected through one of the two USB ports. It has no PS2 port at all. I also hooked up a USB keyboard in the remaining USB port. The problem is that the USB mouse does not work well. When X starts, the mouse only moves in the vertical direction with no horizontal movement at all. When I remove the mouse during startup and plug it in later when X has started, all goes well. It seems that hell breaks loose during startup, probably during auto probe. Could this be a problem with modprobe? Do I need a USB mouse driver of some sort? Please help I am very desperate. I am on the verge of giving up. Fred Mungandi Lusaka, Zambia Tel: +260-1-254303 Fax: +260-1-254532 Cell: +260-97-841560 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop
Title: Trouble with USB mouse on Toshiba Laptop Hi, I am a newbie to Linux. Over the weekend, I installed Mandrake 9.0 on a Toshiba Satellite 1905-S301 laptop. The little devil is powered by a P4 running at 2 GHz, has 40 GB HDD and 256 MB RAM. I installed it in a dual boot arrangement with Windows XP. The laptop has a touch pad mouse, which I do not use. Instead I use a Genius PowerScroll USB mouse connected through one of the two USB ports. It has no PS2 port at all. I also hooked up a USB keyboard in the remaining USB port. The problem is that the USB mouse does not work well. When X starts, the mouse only moves in the vertical direction with no horizontal movement at all. When I remove the mouse during startup and plug it in later when X has started, all goes well. It seems that hell breaks loose during startup, probably during auto probe. Could this be a problem with modprobe? Do I need a USB mouse driver of some sort? Please help I am very desperate. I am on the verge of giving up. Fred Mungandi Lusaka, Zambia Tel: +260-1-254303 Fax: +260-1-254532 Cell: +260-97-841560 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
