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Old 08-30-2003, 10:27 AM   #1
savnpvtryansdad
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Talking REDHAT 9.0 - Mouse Problems


Seeking REDHAT Linux 9.0 assistance - just installed RH9.0 on my workstation (upgrading from 8.0). all installed okay, however, the mouse does not respond. Going through the install - entered the mouse specs: generic serial mouse (2 button), com1 (which the mouse is plugged into) and all went okay.

when reboot occurred, the mouse now does not respond. I unplugged and plugged again. configured with "no mouse" and tried to have kudzu detect the modem...still nothing.

also even attempted /dev/input/mouse /dev/mouse -fs (permission denied)...still nothing.

HELP!!! I had this problem in 8.0 and fixed it...but can't get past this one...thanks in advance for an assistance you can provide.
 
Old 08-30-2003, 02:58 PM   #2
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Welcome to LQ

I think you'll get a better response in the Hardware Section, so:
Moving to Linux - Hardware

Cool
 
Old 08-30-2003, 04:38 PM   #3
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ok, first you need to determine which dev is pointing at your mouse, the it's usually either /dev/mouse or /dev/psaux, so type

cat /dev/mouse

and wave the mouse around (Ctrl-c to exit)
if random characters print out, that's your baby! if not, try the other one.

with this info firmly in hand, you need to take a look at your XF86Config (in slackware it's in /etc/X11 - but i think red hat puts it somewhere else, try whereis XF86Config

if you can't get it to work, post the input pointer section here.

hope that helps,
 
Old 09-08-2003, 11:57 AM   #4
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mcd - thanks for the helpful information. I replicated your commands to no success. altering the XF86Config just caused all sorts of chaos in RH9.0. So I did what desparate developers usually do - fall back to what had worked.

reloaded RH8.0, got the mouse to work as it was recognized. I reported this problem in RH9.0 to Bugzilla - but two weeks after reporting it, no one has been assigned to it.

I also switched the serial mouse from COM1 to COM2 - but all works fine for right now. I will strategically plan on when to make the bold move to upgrade to RH9.0.

thanks again for the assist.
 
Old 10-02-2003, 08:46 AM   #5
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Mouse Problems Redhat 9.0

got my mouse to work:

ps -ef | grep S0 for com1 mouse

get gpm

kill -9 the process

then startx.

I do not know what was using the mouse port but this fixes it.

Regards
 
  


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