Mouse won't work :[Forum: Laptops Topic: Mouse won't work :[ started by: jonaboff Posted by jonaboff on May 23 2006,21:34
I have a Compaq Presario 1600. Its quite old, about 8 years (it was inherited from my aunty). I have tried to run the dsl live cd, with the intention of creating a bootable usb drive.Neither the built-in trackpad or an external ps/2 mouse work. Seems to work fine in console although i am not familiar with linux command lines. I had the same problem with Feather Linux about a year ago, but no-one on their forum could help me. The problem is this: the cursor will move horizontally with the trackpad, but up/down movement on the trackpad makes the cursor jump to the bottom of the screen, and the system cycles through workspaces. The external mouse has no effect. Posted by doobit on May 23 2006,23:41
I don't know what the problem is, but you might try each of the mouse setup options in xsetup.sh
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