DSL 2.3 and USB Mice (Will not detect)

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: DSL 2.3 and USB Mice (Will not detect)
started by: xQuarkDS9x

Posted by xQuarkDS9x on April 11 2006,09:19

Hi there. I'm not exactly sure what's up with the latest DSL 2.3 release, but on my machine with the following system specs below, it will not detect the USB mouse no matter what, but it does detect the USB keyboard just fine. I have tried "DSL xsetup" and even "DSL waitusb" to no avail.

Dell Dimension 3100
P4 3.0 ghz w/Hyperthreading
1 gig ram
Geforce 6200 with 128mb ram
Dell USB mouse and keyboard

Strangely enough DSL 2.1 detects the mouse just fine, as does FeatherLinux.

Posted by doobit on April 11 2006,12:49

I'm using a USB mouse with DSL-2.3. I find that I need to wiggle the mouse a little after bootup to get it going, but after that it's fine.
You picked USB mouse in xsetup, right?

Posted by xQuarkDS9x on April 11 2006,16:22

Quote (doobit @ April 11 2006,08:49)

I'm using a USB mouse with DSL-2.3. I find that I need to wiggle the mouse a little after bootup to get it going, but after that it's fine.
You picked USB mouse in xsetup, right?

Yes I did pick USB mouse in Xsetup and still no go. I'll try wiggling the mouse steadily as it boot's up. If that work's then I will be amazed.

Posted by xQuarkDS9x on April 12 2006,01:11

Well, I tried wiggling the mouse and no luck. It basically turned off the USB mouse and it didn't reactivate after that. I did notice though that it mentioned it couldn't find "etc/sysconfig/mouse", which DSL 2.1 never did.

Posted by xQuarkDS9x on April 16 2006,03:21

For the heck of it I tried Knoppix 5 DVD version and it detected the mouse fine. So in a way I'm not entirely sure why the old 2.1 release of DSL detected my mouse, but the new one doesn't.

Posted by doobit on April 16 2006,20:14

That seems very strange. I've tried several different usb mice and have had no problem. I even tried a Microsoft wireless one and it'sOK. The one I'm using now is a Targus optical USB trackball/mouse that can convert between a standard wheel mouse or a trackball. Have you tried a different mouse as an experiment?

Posted by torp on April 17 2006,13:49

have the same problem on one of my systems with a optical PS2 mouse plugged into a usb adapter......but mice are easy, I got multitudes of them and no cat.............

torp

Posted by doobit on April 17 2006,15:20

Quote (xQuarkDS9x @ April 15 2006,23:21)

For the heck of it I tried Knoppix 5 DVD version and it detected the mouse fine. So in a way I'm not entirely sure why the old 2.1 release of DSL detected my mouse, but the new one doesn't.

DSL 2.1 used a more recent kernel (2.4.31) than DSL 2.3 (kernel 2.4.26). Maybe the Dell mouse needs a newer driver?
Knoppix 5 uses a 2.6 kernel which is more recent, so it should have drivers for newer hardware.

There are a few really advanced mice out there, but I thought they were all pretty much the same technology.

Posted by xQuarkDS9x on April 18 2006,04:28

Quote (doobit @ April 17 2006,11:20)

Quote (xQuarkDS9x @ April 15 2006,23:21)

For the heck of it I tried Knoppix 5 DVD version and it detected the mouse fine. So in a way I'm not entirely sure why the old 2.1 release of DSL detected my mouse, but the new one doesn't.

It's possible the Dell Optical mouse could need a newer driver. I got this system brand new back in January so the system is only 4 month's old.