On 17 June 2012 14:15, pete smout <psmo...@live.com> wrote: > Hi, > > After years of trying to persuade my step dad to use ubuntu instead of > windows he has finally agreed to let me install it alongside win7! > > But his mouse is not recognised on the live cd. > > the machine is a sony viao VGC-LV1S pc (all in the screen) with an internal > sensor for a wireless keyboard and mouse (not USB) and the keyboard works > fine but not the mouse. > > from the live cd I have tried lsusb to see if the mouse appears but it does > not (nor does the keyboard which is what makes me think it isn't USB) > > After that I am out of ideas any suggestions? > > Regards > > Pete >
Without doing any research my first thought is: is bluetooth turned on? I have a suspicion the keyboard and mouse may well be bluetooth peripherals. If so you will also have to set them up (pair them) as devices within Ubuntu. Jonathon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
