hi there,

i was wondering if anyone could help me? i have just installed Slackware 9 onto my system and i can't get the wheel on my mouse to work.

i have searched and read messages in this forum about how to get it to work its just no matter what i have tried it doesn't seem to make a difference

it's a microsoft wheel optical mouse using the ps2 port.

here is what my XF86Config file looks like in the mouse section


# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"


i would be very grateful if anyone could help

yours Mike

You also need to adjust the protocol section, maybe "auto" will catch it, maybe its covered by "imps/2", I can track down a full list of all the mouse protocol types if you need it.

Cheers,

Finegan

I don't suppose you could explain further,

I am a complete newbie to linux so after playing with red hat for a week or 2 i decided to install slackware to learn more

i have been given some help from another forum and currently the XF86Config file is looking like this


Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "Microsoft"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

EndSection

That should probably do it, surprised sorta. Also, you are restarting X-windows between tries right?

That looks like what should work.

Cheers,

Finegan

i keep restarting X but nothing so far has worked

i have even tried using a non optical microsoft mouse and still the wheel doesn't work.

have just tried me girlfriends logitech mouse and still no joy

when slackware boots i am getting several error messages

insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/net/8139cp.o.gz

also i think i'm getting one when starting x but it's to fast to see.

i don't suppose that this could affect anything?

That's it failing to load support for the Realtek 8139 network card. Most likely unrelated. Also, any issues with the mouse are going to be in the XFree86 log:

/var/log/XFree86.0.log

I wonder what that says?

Cheers,

Finegan

Your Configuration should work but sometimes the X file can be picky. I'm running Slackware as well and this what my X Config looks like.

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

End Section

Also another thing, just a possibility, make sure your editing the right XF86Config File, sometimes there is a XF86Config and an XF86Config-4.

I had the same problem with the X on our work machines, where the mouse wasn't working but the config was in there. Come to find out we were editing the wrong X Config file.

Pe//ce

KLuE

forgive me for this, but i have no idea what i am looking for so i am posting most of it!


XFree86 Version 4.3.0
Release Date: 27 February 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.20 i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 01 March 2003
Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sun Apr 27 21:07:01 2003
(==) Using config file: "/root/XF86Config"
(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "My Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "VESA Framebuffer"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(--) using VT number 7

(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such device)
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x8000002c, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,3099 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b099 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:09:0: chip 10ec,8139 card 10ec,8139 rev 10 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 1102,0002 card 1102,8064 rev 07 class 04,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:0a:1: chip 1102,7002 card 1102,0020 rev 07 class 09,80,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 9004,5078 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 01,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3074 card 1106,0000 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1106,0571 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:2: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 1b class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:3: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 1b class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:4: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 1b class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:5: chip 1106,3059 card 0000,0000 rev 30 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0151 card 163e,7215 rev a4 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xec000000 - 0xedffffff (0x2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV15DDR [GeForce2 Ti] rev 164, Mem @ 0xec000000/24, 0xe0000000/27
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xe8000000 from 0xebffffff to 0xe7ffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xee001000 - 0xee001fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xee000000 - 0xee0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[3] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0xec000000 - 0xecffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000ccff (0x100) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c807 (0x8) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c41f (0x20) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xee001000 - 0xee001fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xee000000 - 0xee0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[3] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0xec000000 - 0xecffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000ccff (0x100) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c807 (0x8) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c41f (0x20) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xee001000 - 0xee001fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xee000000 - 0xee0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[8] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xec000000 - 0xecffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000ccff (0x100) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c807 (0x8) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c41f (0x20) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 2.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "speedo"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a
(II) Module speedo: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Speedo
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a
(II) Module glx: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "GLcore"
(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
(II) Module GLcore: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "nv"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nv_drv.o
(II) Module nv: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4
(II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2, Vanta,
RIVA TNT2 Ultra, RIVA TNT2 Model 64, Aladdin TNT2, GeForce 256,
GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 MX/MX 400, GeForce2 MX 100/200,
GeForce2 Go, Quadro2 MXR/EX/Go, GeForce2 Integrated GPU,
GeForce2 GTS, GeForce2 Ti, GeForce2 Ultra, Quadro2 Pro,
GeForce4 MX 460, GeForce4 MX 440, GeForce4 MX 420,
GeForce4 MX 440-SE, GeForce4 440 Go, GeForce4 420 Go,
GeForce4 420 Go 32M, GeForce4 460 Go, GeForce4 440 Go 64M,
GeForce4 410 Go 16M, Quadro4 500 GoGL, Quadro4 550 XGL, Quadro4 NVS,
GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X, GeForce4 MX 440SE with AGP8X,
GeForce4 MX 420 with AGP8X, GeForce4 448 Go, GeForce4 488 Go,
Quadro4 580 XGL, Quadro4 280 NVS, Quadro4 380 XGL,
GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU, GeForce3, GeForce3 Ti 200,
GeForce3 Ti 500, Quadro DCC, GeForce4 Ti 4600, GeForce4 Ti 4400,
0x0252, GeForce4 Ti 4200, Quadro4 900 XGL, Quadro4 750 XGL,
Quadro4 700 XGL, GeForce4 Ti 4800, GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X,
GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE, GeForce4 4200 Go, Quadro4 700 GoGL,
Quadro4 980 XGL, Quadro4 780 XGL, 0x0300, GeForce FX 5800 Ultra,
GeForce FX 5800, Quadro FX 2000, Quadro FX 1000, 0x0311, 0x0312,
0x0316, 0x0317, 0x0318, 0x0319, 0x031A, 0x031B, 0x031C, 0x031D,
0x031E, 0x031F, 0x0321, 0x0322, 0x0323, 0x0326, 0x032A, 0x032B,
0x032E
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset GeForce2 Ti found
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xee001000 - 0xee001fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xee000000 - 0xee0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[8] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xec000000 - 0xecffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000ccff (0x100) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c807 (0x8) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c41f (0x20) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xee001000 - 0xee001fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xee000000 - 0xee0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[8] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xec000000 - 0xecffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[10] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B]
[11] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B]
[12] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000ccff (0x100) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c807 (0x8) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c41f (0x20) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[24] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B]
[25] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) NV(0): Initializing int10
(II) NV(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(--) NV(0): Chipset: "GeForce2 Ti"
(**) NV(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NV(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NV(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(==) NV(0): Using HW cursor
(--) NV(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xE0000000
(--) NV(0): MMIO registers at 0xEC000000
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) Loading sub module "i2c"
(II) LoadModule: "i2c"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libi2c.a
(II) Module i2c: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.2.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) NV(0): I2C bus "DDC" initialized.
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" registered at address 0xA0.
(II) NV(0): I2C device "DDC:ddc2" removed.
(II) NV(0): DDC Monitor info: 0x8542088
(II) NV(0): Manufacturer: OEC Model: 1211 Serial#: 1
(II) NV(0): Year: 2001 Week: 30
(II) NV(0): EDID Version: 1.1
(II) NV(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.700 V
(II) NV(0): Sync: Separate
(II) NV(0): Max H-Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 36 vert.: 27
(II) NV(0): Gamma: 2.28
(II) NV(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display
(II) NV(0): redX: 0.638 redY: 0.325 greenX: 0.312 greenY: 0.592
(II) NV(0): blueX: 0.143 blueY: 0.066 whiteX: 0.283 whiteY: 0.298
(II) NV(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
(II) NV(0): 720x400@70Hz
(II) NV(0): 720x400@88Hz
(II) NV(0): 640x480@60Hz
(II) NV(0): 640x480@67Hz
(II) NV(0): 640x480@72Hz
(II) NV(0): 640x480@75Hz
(II) NV(0): 800x600@56Hz
(II) NV(0): 800x600@60Hz
(II) NV(0): 800x600@72Hz
(II) NV(0): 800x600@75Hz
(II) NV(0): 832x624@75Hz
(II) NV(0): 1024x768@87Hz (interlaced)
(II) NV(0): 1024x768@60Hz
(II) NV(0): 1024x768@70Hz
(II) NV(0): 1024x768@75Hz
(II) NV(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
(II) NV(0): Supported Future Video Modes:
(II) NV(0): #0: hsize: 640 vsize 480 refresh: 70 vid: 18993
(II) NV(0): #1: hsize: 640 vsize 480 refresh: 85 vid: 22833
(II) NV(0): #2: hsize: 800 vsize 600 refresh: 85 vid: 22853
(II) NV(0): #3: hsize: 1024 vsize 768 refresh: 85 vid: 22881
(II) NV(0): #4: hsize: 1280 vsize 1024 refresh: 60 vid: 32897
(II) NV(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
(II) NV(0): clock: 56.2 MHz Image Size: 352 x 264 mm
(II) NV(0): h_active: 800 h_sync: 832 h_sync_end 896 h_blank_end 1048 h_border: 0
(II) NV(0): v_active: 600 v_sync: 601 v_sync_end 604 v_blanking: 631 v_border: 0
(II) NV(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
(II) NV(0): clock: 94.5 MHz Image Size: 306 x 230 mm
(II) NV(0): h_active: 1024 h_sync: 1072 h_sync_end 1168 h_blank_end 1376 h_border: 0
(II) NV(0): v_active: 768 v_sync: 769 v_sync_end 772 v_blanking: 808 v_border: 0
(II) NV(0): Ranges: V min: 50 V max: 150 Hz, H min: 30 H max: 70 kHz, PixClock max 110 MHz
(II) NV(0): Serial No: 1
(II) NV(0): end of DDC Monitor info

(--) NV(0): VideoRAM: 65536 kBytes
(==) NV(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(II) NV(0): My Monitor: Using hsync range of 30.00-70.00 kHz
(II) NV(0): My Monitor: Using vrefresh range of 50.00-150.00 Hz
(II) NV(0): Clock range: 12.00 to 350.00 MHz

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(--) NV(0): Display dimensions: (360, 270) mm
(--) NV(0): DPI set to (90, 96)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libfb.a
(II) Module fb: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "xaa"
(II) LoadModule: "xaa"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libxaa.a
(II) Module xaa: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libramdac.a
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] 0 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
[1] 0 0 0xec000000 - 0xecffffff (0x1000000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[3] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[4] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xee001000 - 0xee001fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xee000000 - 0xee0000ff (0x100) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[10] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0xec000000 - 0xecffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[12] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[B](OprD)
[13] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[14] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[B](OprD)
[15] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000ccff (0x100) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c807 (0x8) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c41f (0x20) IX[B]
[25] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[26] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[B](OprU)
[27] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[B](OprU)
(==) NV(0): Write-combining range (0xe0000000,0x4000000)
(II) NV(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
Screen to screen bit blits
Solid filled rectangles
8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles
Indirect CPU to Screen color expansion
Solid Lines
Offscreen Pixmaps
Setting up tile and stipple cache:
32 128x128 slots
32 256x256 slots
16 512x512 slots
(==) NV(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NV(0): Silken mouse enabled
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(**) Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
(**) Mouse1: Protocol: "PS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse1: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
(**) Mouse1: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(==) Mouse1: Buttons: 3
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard1" handled by legacy driver
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE)
(II) Mouse1: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded

The Driver should be "mouse"
The device is correct for a ps/2 mouse, if you have a usb mouse you will need to change this to "/dev/input/mice".

In your log you have the following,
This does not match what we should see based on the pointer section above, have you changed it since you first posted it?

This is just hotplug getting confused over the two Realtek 8139 modules available, add 8139cp to /etc/hotplug/blacklist to stop hotplug from attempting to load this (or any other) module.

thankyou all very much for your help

in the end i re-installed slackware with the mouse plugged into the usb port and after an hour or so fiddling with the settings it is finally working

thankyou again

Yours
Mike.