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Posted: Jan. 04 2004,02:32 QUOTE
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I am on the net with Linux for the first time in Dillo! I am really impressed!! This will sound like the pathetic ranting of a "newbie" but I can't believe the effect on my PC. I am running an Athlon 2600+ cpu with a volcano 9 fan planted on top of it. When my PC is running in Windows the fan RPM's sustain at around 4500. Now that I am in Linux, the fan is running at 3100rpm!! I am shocked! No wonder Linux works well on older PC's! Cappy -
Here is a dumb question but how do I add the lines in XF86Config? I found the directory in the file manager but it will not let me edit as root. Should I bring this up in another app? Remember, I am a beginner! Thanks
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Posted: Jan. 04 2004,04:23 QUOTE
Actually the USB mouse section should look like this in XF86Config, not XF86config-4.

Section "Pointer"
Device "/dev/psaux"
Protocol "ImPS/2"
Emulate3Buttons
ZAxisMapping 4 5
EndSection
#USB addon
Section "XInput"
Subsection "Mouse"
   DeviceName "USB Mouse"
   Protocol "IMPS/2"
   Port "/dev/input/mice"
   Alwayscore
 EndSubsection
EndSection
##end USB addon

This should enable your USB mouse.

How to do it:

Start Scite and then File->Open..

./ = current dir
../ = directory above  <- this one until you see /etc

Hit /etc then /X11 then load XF86Config.. make sure the above lines are included. Save the file hen exit from Fluxbox or hit Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (This kills the X server GUI and then restarts it)

Your mouse will hopefully work now! :)

What kind of mouse do you have?

BTW: I have an Athlon 2600XP on an Asus A7N8X deluxe Rev 2.0 with 768MB ram, DSL really runs fast on it too!
But I was able to ressurect a Pentium 233MMX with 64mb RAM and am able to use it as a web server courtesy of Monkey. Way cool! :) I was able to install an HTML editor called Bluefish that works perfectly with DSL. It is a snazzy little distro.

Cappy
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Posted: Jan. 04 2004,04:31 QUOTE
Oops, I goofed again.. the above message was from ME!
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Posted: Jan. 04 2004,13:43 QUOTE
Cappy -

I may have misled you. I entered all the info you gave me but my mouse still didn't work. It may be important to note that I am using an Optical mouse. Will that make a difference?

Specs are:

Logitech optical
Two buttons
Scroll wheel "can be used as button"

Sorry for the confusion. Your directions were very easy to understand. Thanks again.

Chris
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Posted: Jan. 04 2004,19:04 QUOTE
Say.. I was wondering, is your mouse plugged directly into your computer or through a KVM switch? Some of the KVM switches are not recognized by Linux. I had to switch to a Belkin to get my mouse working on my setup.

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