Mouse problems.
Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: Mouse problems.
started by: Waste
Posted by Waste on Oct. 06 2004,02:02
I have three mice attached to my machine, when I run DSL, none of them will work, what-so-ever.I am using an ASUS A7n8X-E Deluxe mobo, Logitech Mx700 Cordless Optical mouse, Microsoft Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0 Optical, and a old school Logitech ball mouse made for a Toshiba computer.
Is there a way to fix this, or is it a problem with DSL not liking my mobo?
Posted by ke4nt1 on Oct. 06 2004,03:13
The :"cordless" and "wireless" will probably need for you to install or compile drivers for them, since they are not typical USB/PS2 devices..
Is the "ball" mouse a serial mouse ?
and is your install a LiveCD/poorman's , HDInstall , or frugal install ?
73
ke4nt
Posted by Waste on Oct. 06 2004,03:20
LiveCD (Bootable)The ball mouse is PS2.
Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Oct. 06 2004,03:40
hmm, i had a M$ intellimouse Exploder 2.0 back in the day, worked fine with DSL...okay, dumb question, do these mice work with other OSes or distributions?
also, make sure you are plugging the mouse )optical and ps/2) into the proper ps/2 port.
The mouse and keyboard will fit into the wrong one, and windows has a workaround, but *nix assumes the end user knows the right one ^_^.
Hell, stranger things have happened...
-J.P.
SaidinUnleashed
Posted by Waste on Oct. 06 2004,03:48
The mouse and keyboard are in the proper places.I have the ball mouse in the PS2 port, and the Intellimouse and Mx700 in USB.
I really do think it might be my mobo, because I tried using Mandrake with it, and it wouldn't even boot. :|
Posted by ke4nt1 on Oct. 06 2004,04:30
Mandrake is well known for having booting issues..Same as others , the move to isolinux leaves some behind.
Many distros now put both bootloaders with their distro,
one on disk 1 , and the other on disk 2 ..
Do you have the USB/PS2 adapter for your Intellimouse?
Try ONLY that one , or ONLY the ballmouse, in your PS2 port.
I have had strange behavior in DSL by having more than one mouse installed.
The bootup detects one type, while the xserver xsetup uses another..
Let us know what happens..
73
ke4nt
Posted by Waste on Oct. 06 2004,06:19
But I love Mandrake. 
I think it was more than booting issues with Mandrake.
I was using the free edition, and since thier free edition doesn't support top end video cards, I think that might have been the reason.
It would always run through the boot procedure, then sit on a black screen.
I think though, that I am going to do another dual boot with Xp Pro. and Xandros Linux.
They for sure with my board and card.
I do appreciate the help though.
Much appreciated.
Posted by luc@sondervorst.be on Nov. 07 2004,13:52
I have the same problem. The PS/2 mouse does not work, but if i connect an usb mouse Mandrake recognize it.My solution:
I edit for exemple in Aterm : su + password root
then type mc (Midnight commander)
in /etc/sysconfig/ i edit *mouse
MOUSETYPE=ps/2
XMOUSETYPE=Explorer PS/2
FULLNAME="Universal/Any PS/2 & USB mice"
XEMU3= yes (was no)
WHEEL=yes
device=dev/psaux (was =input/mice)
don't forget to save it.and restart . The mouse is working now by me. I hope the same for you.
Sorry i'm a beginner, but this way helps.
I have Mandrake 10.0 official and Ati Radeon 9600 card.
AMD XP2000+
greetings Lucasluc@sondervorst.be
Posted by zux on Nov. 28 2004,20:39
Well, I have mouse problem too. I use A4tech WOP-35 (PS2, but it is optical, only, with cord). So when the DSL starts I can move the cursor for 1 second and it stops, forever... But when I tried with my other (older) A4tech WWW-25 mouse (PS2, with ball and cord). I don't like to use that old mouse. This problem occured in DSL 0.7.1 & 0.8.4 too. So I'm hoping you'll solve this problem in your next distribution.