USB mouse not found (slackware, _not_ an X config issue I think)
I'm trying to get my USB mouse working on my Acer TravelMate 530 laptop, running Slackware 9.1, kernel 2.4.22. The internal touchpad has been working since install no problems. I've tried 2 mice in case the mouse was weird, and am now using Logitech optical scroll mouse. The mouse is recognised (bus 2 dev 2) - output of /sbin/lsusb follows...
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root@rualaptop:~# /sbin/lsusb Code:
Section "InputDevice" The reason I don't think it's X is that the touchpad works in the terminal after bootup (i.e. no X) - I figure if I can get the mouse to work there (as well as touchpad) then I should be able to configure X to use it. Do I need to add the mouse to some linux config file? If so I guess I'll need to know the device - how can I find this out? Please help! Thanks... Rua HM. |
take a look at this thread http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...736#post715736
it might help you (i think this *is* XFree86Config's issue..) cheers, -- joe |
Thanks... but...
Are you saying it should not work in the terminal & there's no point me trying to get it going there? I redid my X config to see if I could get it going - here are the changed sections: Code:
Section "InputDevice" I guessed what the device might be, I guess it's not /dev/usb/mouse0. How can I find out the correct device name to access the USB mouse (seems to be my main problem)? Is there a config util that will tell me/allow me to change the mapping between devices listed by lsusb & /dev/* links? Thanks again... any help is really appreciated - very newbie here. |
> I guessed what the device might be, I guess it's not /dev/usb/mouse0
try this: find /dev -name mouse |
You could open the /dev folder as an option. Another thing is that my USB mouse is located on the device /dev/usbmouse. That should work.
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cheers all...
i looked into my devs named mouse and this is them: Code:
lroot@rualaptop:~# find /dev -name mouse I am really starting to think that I need to do some lower level config to get the mouse & /dev/something working properly. all posts appreciated .. cheers... |
try to download and boot slax (www.slax.org). once kde/fluxbox is loaded run konsole and then less /etc/X11/XF86Config.. i am not sure if this can help but why not to give it a shot.
cheers, -- joe |
You could also try compiling a new kernel in case yours doesn't have USB mouse support.
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lsmod should tell me if I have USB mouse support right?
I'm in win land now so I can't paste it in, but I saw modules for usb-mouse, usb-input etc. A lot of them were not being used by anything, but if they're listed by lsmod, they're in the kernel, right? If I have lsmod & modprobe confused please forgive me - one of em lists all the modules in a directory, the other lists a shorter list with extra info e.g. "used by" & "not tainted" - that's the list i refer to above. Cheers for suggesting & apologies for the newbieness! By the way I'm going to look at www.knoppix.com to see if it can access the mouse. I'm fearful that I won't know how to config my slackware to be like knoppix tho (assuming that it's not an X issue)... slater |
Why to download knoppix if you have slax which is a live distro based on slackware?
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