Re: configuring the mouse in Ubuntu

2006-10-09 Thread Shane Hathaway
Russel Caldwell wrote: > OK, I've banged my head on this for quite a while and haven't been able to > figure it out. The mouse on my desktop is not responding and I'm not sure > how to fix it. One Ubuntu post said there were a couple of utilities called > xf86config and xf86cfg but I haven't been a

Re: configuring the mouse in Ubuntu

2006-10-08 Thread Jacob Albretsen
On Sunday 08 October 2006 19:34, Russel Caldwell wrote: > OK, I've banged my head on this for quite a while and haven't been able to > figure it out. The mouse on my desktop is not responding and I'm not sure > how to fix it. One Ubuntu post said there were a couple of utilities called > xf86config

Re: configuring the mouse in Ubuntu

2006-10-08 Thread Gabriel Gunderson
On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 20:17 -0600, Dave Smith wrote: > > Why is this still happening in Linux? What is so broken about Linux > technically that a mouse could *not* work? I've been using Linux for > over 5 years, and I remember this problem happening in RH 6.2 and > cousins. I'm really not gett

Re: configuring the mouse in Ubuntu

2006-10-08 Thread Chris Carey
Why is this still happening in Linux? What is so broken about Linux technically that a mouse could *not* work? I think X-Windows (specifically the xorg.conf file) is at fault. I'm sure the appropriate mouse drivers were loaded by the linux kernel successfully. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on

Re: configuring the mouse in Ubuntu

2006-10-08 Thread Dave Smith
Russel Caldwell wrote: What do I need to do to make my mouse work again in Ubuntu? Why is this still happening in Linux? What is so broken about Linux technically that a mouse could *not* work? I've been using Linux for over 5 years, and I remember this problem happening in RH 6.2 and cousin

configuring the mouse in Ubuntu

2006-10-08 Thread Russel Caldwell
OK, I've banged my head on this for quite a while and haven't been able to figure it out. The mouse on my desktop is not responding and I'm not sure how to fix it. One Ubuntu post said there were a couple of utilities called xf86config and xf86cfg but I haven't been able to find them. I've tried t