[newbie] mouse problems
Exchanged mouse for PS2 optical and going very nicely now. Thanks all who tried to help with the other one. Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Mouse problems
Hi All, I have a problem Every now and then, my mouse pointer will go totally mental, flying round the screen, opening up applications, minimizing windows, and generally doing it's own thing. Is this a problem with Linux or a hardware issue? I have a windows partition, and not once have I had the problem whilst running in windows. Any Ideas? JRH -- Sent using Kmail, on Mandrake Linux 10. Linux - It's not Windows! 11:15:44 up 1:49, 0 users, load average: 1.03, 0.75, 0.59 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mouse problems
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 06:48:30 -0500 Lee Wiggers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I plugged the offender back in to the box it went crazy on and, sure enough, it was unusable. Go figure. Lee Hmmm.. It could well be my rodent then. I bought it from our local Sunday market, for the equivalent of $4.00, which in the UK, is peanuts. I've had a good bit of service out of it till recently.. So it looks like it's due for replacement! Many Thanks, JRH -- Sent using Kmail, on Mandrake Linux 9.2. Software is like sex-It's better when it's free! 14:53:55 up 46 min, 0 users, load average: 0.07, 0.12, 0.38 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mouse Problems
this is gonna sound really weird, i can't explain it. my scroll mouse fully functions now and i have no idea why. i've played with the configuration to no end and couldn't get it to work. earlier today i had rebooted into ms-win to burn some photo cds, when i booted back into linux, the scroll wheel still didn't work except for being a button when pressed. a few hours later, a horrible thunderstorm swept through, our power went out, so of course the computer shut off instantly. when the power came back and i fired the box up, and at the prompts for it to fix the system from being shut down incorrectly, i told it to do so. i played around for a while, then opened up a web page, i rolled the scroll wheel and it worked! strange but true. oh well. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mouse Problems
Posted this to the list yesterday but it still hasn't hit the list. and as said below, having a hell of a time accessing the archives. so here it is again, hope someone can help (and hope it makes it to the list this time). sorry to put this to the list w/out searching the archives first, but i'm having trouble searching the archives. most of the time when i try to access it i get a timeout and can't get in. anyway bought a basic logitech optical scroll mouse. PS2 connection, not serial or USB. problem is i can't figure out how (and where) to make the changes so the up/down on the scroll wheel act as the 4th and 5th buttons. i've found a few psaux icons while searching through the system, but every time i try to access one it tells me it's an unknown file or it says it's empty or something similar. i had googled for information on it and after searching through almost 30 pages i found some incomplete answers. there was mention about the sketchiness of the mouse too, and it is jumpy occasionally. what i found said there is a fix for that also, but i can't find where and what i need to change or modify. anyone able to lend some knowledge to this? the scrolling does work in ms-win, and in mdk i can push the scroll wheel and it acts like the 3rd button, so i know the mouse is fully functional. thanks in advance. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mouse Problems
As root, in a text console mousedrake choose 'logitec mouseman+' I think that should do what you want, maybe not. On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 15:32, crak600 wrote: Posted this to the list yesterday but it still hasn't hit the list. and as said below, having a hell of a time accessing the archives. so here it is again, hope someone can help (and hope it makes it to the list this time). sorry to put this to the list w/out searching the archives first, but i'm having trouble searching the archives. most of the time when i try to access it i get a timeout and can't get in. anyway bought a basic logitech optical scroll mouse. PS2 connection, not serial or USB. problem is i can't figure out how (and where) to make the changes so the up/down on the scroll wheel act as the 4th and 5th buttons. i've found a few psaux icons while searching through the system, but every time i try to access one it tells me it's an unknown file or it says it's empty or something similar. i had googled for information on it and after searching through almost 30 pages i found some incomplete answers. there was mention about the sketchiness of the mouse too, and it is jumpy occasionally. what i found said there is a fix for that also, but i can't find where and what i need to change or modify. anyone able to lend some knowledge to this? the scrolling does work in ms-win, and in mdk i can push the scroll wheel and it acts like the 3rd button, so i know the mouse is fully functional. thanks in advance. Mike __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mouse Problems
On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 19:50, ed tharp wrote: As root, in a text console mousedrake choose 'logitec mouseman+' I think that should do what you want, maybe not. run the test though. On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 15:32, crak600 wrote: Posted this to the list yesterday but it still hasn't hit the list. and as said below, having a hell of a time accessing the archives. so here it is again, hope someone can help (and hope it makes it to the list this time). sorry to put this to the list w/out searching the archives first, but i'm having trouble searching the archives. most of the time when i try to access it i get a timeout and can't get in. anyway bought a basic logitech optical scroll mouse. PS2 connection, not serial or USB. problem is i can't figure out how (and where) to make the changes so the up/down on the scroll wheel act as the 4th and 5th buttons. i've found a few psaux icons while searching through the system, but every time i try to access one it tells me it's an unknown file or it says it's empty or something similar. i had googled for information on it and after searching through almost 30 pages i found some incomplete answers. there was mention about the sketchiness of the mouse too, and it is jumpy occasionally. what i found said there is a fix for that also, but i can't find where and what i need to change or modify. anyone able to lend some knowledge to this? the scrolling does work in ms-win, and in mdk i can push the scroll wheel and it acts like the 3rd button, so i know the mouse is fully functional. thanks in advance. Mike __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mouse Problems
On Friday 15 August 2003 08:07 pm, ed tharp wrote: On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 19:50, ed tharp wrote: As root, in a text console mousedrake choose 'logitec mouseman+' I think that should do what you want, maybe not. run the test though. didn't work. as far as any test, the only thing i know of is in mandrake control center where you can select the mouse. the left and right buttons will light up when pressed in there. the scroll wheel won't light up when pressed or scrolled, but it works as a 3rd button. i had already changed the mouse in mcc w/out any luck. also went into mozilla preferences and tried to tell it how i wanted to scroll with the scroll button, no luck there either. dunno what to do now. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mouse Problems
On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 19:51, crak600 wrote: On Friday 15 August 2003 08:07 pm, ed tharp wrote: On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 19:50, ed tharp wrote: As root, in a text console mousedrake choose 'logitec mouseman+' I think that should do what you want, maybe not. run the test though. didn't work. as far as any test, the only thing i know of is in mandrake control center where you can select the mouse. the left and right buttons will light up when pressed in there. the scroll wheel won't light up when pressed or scrolled, but it works as a 3rd button. i had already changed the mouse in mcc w/out any luck. also went into mozilla preferences and tried to tell it how i wanted to scroll with the scroll button, no luck there either. dunno what to do now. *** Did you move the mouse wheel 1st.? and did you have generic scroll mouse selected ? Mike __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mouse problems at boot
Steve, Are you saying I should try disabling the PNP in the BIOS? I'll try it and see how it goes. Yes the mouse is plugged into a PS2 port. Thanks! Gordon Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] 28/11/02 14:01:54 On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 09:46, Gordon Bradbury wrote: G'day all, I've just got a new P4 box at home, and successfully loaded xp and mandrake 9 onto it. I'm a long-time windows user, but this is my first exposure to linux/mandrake. I have a 2-button ps-2 mouse installed. The machine is developing the habit of sometimes not recognising the mouse when I boot up. This can happen either when I boot into xp or into Mandrake. The mouse just won't work. As I say, it's an intermittent problem. Doesn't happen all the time. I'm pretty confident that the mouse is OK, but will test it anyway. What other possible causes might there be?? Cheers, Gordon Hoabrt Tasmania There is a known issue with mice in the extreme southern hemisphere. Due to solar flares, Hobart is subjected to extremely high doses of anti-two-button-mouse rays and Victoria Bitters... Nah...sorry - what about checking your BIOS settings? I'm assuming that you're plugging into a PS/2 mouse port, correct? If you have the BIOS set for PNP OS's, you might be getting the intermittent problems from that - miscommunication through the port... -- Thu Nov 28 14:55:01 EST 2002 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. |____ | kühn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kühn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | ;/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU Coralament*Best Grötens*Liebe Grüße*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn The little town that time forgot, Where all the women are strong, The men are good-looking, And the children above-average. -- Prairie Home Companion This transmission is intended solely for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. It is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. If you have received this transmission in error, you may not use, copy or distribute it. Please advise us by return e-mail or by phoning 61 3 62338203 and immediately delete the transmission in its entirety. We will meet your reasonable expenses of notifying us. Despite our use of anti-virus software, Forestry Tasmania cannot guarantee that this transmission is virus-free. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mouse problems at boot
No, not necessarily, that depends on your windblows/bios relationship, you may need it. No, I'm saying mandrake does not need to look at your bios settings for pnp instruction, and the method I have described is the way to stop it doing it. John Gordon Bradbury wrote: Steve, Are you saying I should try disabling the PNP in the BIOS? I'll try it and see how it goes. Yes the mouse is plugged into a PS2 port. Thanks! Gordon Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] 28/11/02 14:01:54 On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 09:46, Gordon Bradbury wrote: G'day all, I've just got a new P4 box at home, and successfully loaded xp and mandrake 9 onto it. I'm a long-time windows user, but this is my first exposure to linux/mandrake. I have a 2-button ps-2 mouse installed. The machine is developing the habit of sometimes not recognising the mouse when I boot up. This can happen either when I boot into xp or into Mandrake. The mouse just won't work. As I say, it's an intermittent problem. Doesn't happen all the time. I'm pretty confident that the mouse is OK, but will test it anyway. What other possible causes might there be?? Cheers, Gordon Hoabrt Tasmania There is a known issue with mice in the extreme southern hemisphere. Due to solar flares, Hobart is subjected to extremely high doses of anti-two-button-mouse rays and Victoria Bitters... Nah...sorry - what about checking your BIOS settings? I'm assuming that you're plugging into a PS/2 mouse port, correct? If you have the BIOS set for PNP OS's, you might be getting the intermittent problems from that - miscommunication through the port... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mouse problems at boot
On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 09:46, Gordon Bradbury wrote: G'day all, I've just got a new P4 box at home, and successfully loaded xp and mandrake 9 onto it. I'm a long-time windows user, but this is my first exposure to linux/mandrake. I have a 2-button ps-2 mouse installed. The machine is developing the habit of sometimes not recognising the mouse when I boot up. This can happen either when I boot into xp or into Mandrake. The mouse just won't work. As I say, it's an intermittent problem. Doesn't happen all the time. I'm pretty confident that the mouse is OK, but will test it anyway. What other possible causes might there be?? Cheers, Gordon Hoabrt Tasmania There is a known issue with mice in the extreme southern hemisphere. Due to solar flares, Hobart is subjected to extremely high doses of anti-two-button-mouse rays and Victoria Bitters... Nah...sorry - what about checking your BIOS settings? I'm assuming that you're plugging into a PS/2 mouse port, correct? If you have the BIOS set for PNP OS's, you might be getting the intermittent problems from that - miscommunication through the port... -- Thu Nov 28 14:55:01 EST 2002 .o0 linux user:267497 0o. |____ | kühn media australia | / \ /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | .\__/ || | | | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kühn | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |/ ._/ || | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | ;/ / | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | ' `-`' | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU Coralament*Best Grötens*Liebe Grüße*Best Regards*Elkorajn Salutojn The little town that time forgot, Where all the women are strong, The men are good-looking, And the children above-average. -- Prairie Home Companion Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mouse problems at boot
G'day all, I've just got a new P4 box at home, and successfully loaded xp and mandrake 9 onto it. I'm a long-time windows user, but this is my first exposure to linux/mandrake. I have a 2-button ps-2 mouse installed. The machine is developing the habit of sometimes not recognising the mouse when I boot up. This can happen either when I boot into xp or into Mandrake. The mouse just won't work. As I say, it's an intermittent problem. Doesn't happen all the time. I'm pretty confident that the mouse is OK, but will test it anyway. What other possible causes might there be?? Cheers, Gordon Hoabrt Tasmania PS. I changed the lilo.conf so that it boots into xp by default now. A liittle help ( and better understanding) goes a long way! Thanks. This transmission is intended solely for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. It is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. If you have received this transmission in error, you may not use, copy or distribute it. Please advise us by return e-mail or by phoning 61 3 62338203 and immediately delete the transmission in its entirety. We will meet your reasonable expenses of notifying us. Despite our use of anti-virus software, Forestry Tasmania cannot guarantee that this transmission is virus-free. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] mouse problems in x
Have Logitech MouseMan Wheel; When starting x mouse cursor shows up but doesn't move. Error codes when loading x are: (EE) xf860 OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/psaux No such devices or address. (WW) Mouse1: cannot open input device Also tried a different mouse - albeit it was also a PS/2 mouse. Tried all variants of PS/2 mouse configs in drakxconfig. On forums seems to be a common problem - but can't locate info to resolve problem. I also made sure there was a symbolic link from /dev/mouse to /dev/psaux as that wasn't there to begin with either. I did notice that /dev/psaux also points to /misc/psaux. Any ideas? I'm a complete newbie so don't have much to go on! Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mouse Problems in KDE
Hi Does anyone know how to stop a jittery mouse in KDE. It just moves to a corner and sticks there with a shaking action when I move the mouse. It is a PS/2 Intellimouse. Kind RegardsKim WhitePinnacle Micro SecundaTel: (017) 631 2668FAX: (017) 631 3139email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Mouse Problems in KDE
Did you set it up properly in XF86Setup? Make sure you have the correct mouse set there... sounds to me like whatever you set it to isn't compatable with your mouse. --- Kim White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Does anyone know how to stop a jittery mouse in KDE. It just moves to a corner and sticks there with a shaking action when I move the mouse. It is a PS/2 Intellimouse. Kind Regards Kim White Pinnacle Micro Secunda Tel: (017) 631 2668 FAX: (017) 631 3139 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] = __ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Mouse Problems
I am having problems with my PS2 mouse in Mandrake 7.0. When ever there is a fair amount of disk activity the pointer will jump accross the screen with the slightest movement. Any one experienced this. Also is there anyway to get my mouse wheel working? Thanks Sean
Re: [newbie] Mouse Problems
On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, you wrote: I am having problems with my PS2 mouse in Mandrake 7.0. When ever there is a fair amount of disk activity the pointer will jump accross the screen with the slightest movement. Any one experienced this. Also is there anyway to get my mouse wheel working? Thanks Sean Hi Sean After many stupid mistakes, I finally figured this out I had to reinstall Mandrake 7.0 and when prompted, chose the "expert Install". It asks you what kind of mouse you have. Choose Mouseman+ /firstmouse for PS2. After the install is complete, got to http://klug.armintl.com/tech/ns-wheel.html and download the config file for Nescape 4.7. Switch to root before you complete the instructions on that site. You will have to rename the file btw. Good luck Ron
[newbie] Mouse problems!
Well, I finally got it installed (Linux-Mandrake 6.0). I had some trouble getting the X Server up and running, but I finally made it over that hurdle. I'm using the KDE environment with the Mach64 accel. server, and the first time I went in the mouse worked fine. I had to run the xf86config program again to fix a problem. Since I did that I cannot get the mouse to work in KDE. I've tried running mouseconfig several times, but I just can't get the mouse to function. I know that it is on /dev/ttyS0 and that is what I choose when I run mouseconfig. Is there an easy way to troubleshoot this problem. I'm excited to start using this thing, but I just need to get the mouse working. Thanks in advance for your help. Bennett __ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com
RE: [newbie] Mouse problems!
Subject: [newbie] Mouse problems! Well, I finally got it installed (Linux-Mandrake 6.0). I had some trouble getting the X Server up and running, but I finally made it over that hurdle. I'm using the KDE environment with the Mach64 accel. server, and the first time I went in the mouse worked fine. I had to run the xf86config program again to fix a problem. What problem you fixed?, maybe the fix had some side-effects Why don't you try using Xconfigurator instead?
Re: [newbie] mouse problems (hey gurus, need some help!)
Jose, I forgot to mention, that when you change a mouse setting with mouseconfig you need to run Xconfigurator again to get the info into the Xfiles. I found this out when I converted from a serial mouse to a PS/2 mouse on one machine. Brian Jose Alberto Abreu wrote: Brian Erikson translated his thoughts to electrons: Jose, Sorry, but my change to dev/psaux didn't fix the problem. Darn it. This mouse, actually a SCSI Kensington trackball worked before and I don't know what caused it to stop. I was able to get it to 'almost' work by selecting the one Kensington mouse in the mouseconfig list but it still jumps to the left side whenever I move the mouse to the left at all. I haven't given up and will report back when and if I get some better results. Brian mhmmm... My mouse is completely uncontrollable, leaving KDE useless. I have a Genius Netmouse that works fine in windose... I could try to get another mouse, but, considering that there's a "Genius Netmouse" setting in Mouseconfig, I doubt that works... Could it be something more serious, like a bug in KDE or something? My mouse worked fine in RedHat 5.1 with some other window manager. Jose Alberto
[newbie] mouse problems
Finally the my Mandrake copy arrived!! Installation was a breeze (easier and faster than MS Widows and definitely easier and faster than Redhat 5.1), but I seem to have a problem with my mouse (a PS/2 Genius Netmouse). I have run a couple of the selections from mouseconfig (including "PS/2 Genius Netmouse" and "Generic PS/2 mouse"), but the result is the same: the cursor flickers and moves every couple of seconds to the upper right corner of the screen Any ideas? The mouse works fine in Widows -- __ "I happen to be very selective about the reality I choose" -Calvin, from Waterson's "Calvin Hobbes" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Get Your Own Free Pop or Web Based Email and a 10MB Web Site for FREE at: http://www.nettaxi.com! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: [newbie] mouse problems
Jose, Is this LM 6.0 you are talking about arriving? I am waiting for it too. Will - Original Message - From: Jose Alberto Abreu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: newbie list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 2:25 PM Subject: [newbie] mouse problems Finally the my Mandrake copy arrived!! Installation was a breeze (easier and faster than MS Widows and definitely easier and faster than Redhat 5.1), but I seem to have a problem with my mouse (a PS/2 Genius Netmouse). I have run a couple of the selections from mouseconfig (including "PS/2 Genius Netmouse" and "Generic PS/2 mouse"), but the result is the same: the cursor flickers and moves every couple of seconds to the upper right corner of the screen Any ideas? The mouse works fine in Widows -- __ "I happen to be very selective about the reality I choose" -Calvin, from Waterson's "Calvin Hobbes" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Get Your Own Free Pop or Web Based Email and a 10MB Web Site for FREE at: http://www.nettaxi.com! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: [newbie] mouse problems
Brian Erikson escribió: Jose Alberto Abreu wrote: I have run a couple of the selections from mouseconfig (including "PS/2 Genius Netmouse" and "Generic PS/2 mouse"), but the result is the same: the cursor flickers and moves every couple of seconds to the upper right corner of the screen Jose, I have the same problem and found it works with a different PS/2 mouse. I think the problem is that I must have somewhere along the line told the system that it was a dev/mouse instead of a dev/psaux. I just edited the XF86Config file mouse section to read "dev/psaux" and am hoping this solves the problem. XV86Config is in either /etc or /etc/X11. Hopefully I can get back to you with good results to report. Brian Thanks... meanwhile I will try all the selections of mouseconfig. And Will: sorry, I was talking about Mandrake 5.3 I subscribed to this list about 3 weeks ago to learn about linux, and then I finally found some people who distribute Mandrake here in Mexico. -- __ "I happen to be very selective about the reality I choose" -Calvin, from Waterson's "Calvin Hobbes" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Get Your Own Free Pop or Web Based Email and a 10MB Web Site for FREE at: http://www.nettaxi.com! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
[newbie] mouse problems
Problem: need to run 'mouseconfig --kickstart' everytime before I start 'startx' to get my mouse to work. When I run the normal 'mouseconfig' and select my mouse that never seems to work. only the kickstart suboption. If I close kde and 'startx' again the mouse will not move. Same thing plagued me with linux 5.0. Any suggestions??? system: p233 mmx 128 ram ide cdrom 2 ide 3.2gig hd 2 button serial microsoft mouse v.2.1a I hope this helps. pj
Re: [newbie] mouse problems
PJ : Biztech wrote: Problem: need to run 'mouseconfig --kickstart' everytime before I start 'startx' to get my mouse to work. When I run the normal 'mouseconfig' and select my mouse that never seems to work. only the kickstart suboption. If I close kde and 'startx' again the mouse will not move. Same thing plagued me with linux 5.0. Any suggestions??? system: p233 mmx 128 ram ide cdrom 2 ide 3.2gig hd 2 button serial microsoft mouse v.2.1a I hope this helps. That's really odd. But here's a couple things to check: First, check /etc/X11/XF86Config. In that file you'll find a section labeled Pointer. Check to see that the Device line in that sections reads "/dev/mouse". Next, check /dev/mouse to make sure it points to the correct serial port (ls -l /dev/mouse). Finally, check to see if gpm is running. If it is, turn it off with /etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm stop and try starting X again. If it works this time (and you don't feel like you need mouse support at the console), run ntsysv and turn off gpm at boottime. One other file you can check is /etc/sysconfig/mouse. See if there's anything odd in that file. Probably not, but it's worth checking. -- Steve Philp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
