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I have just tried to give a demo of Mint Cinnamon, Mint Mate and Ubuntu to a friend who's been having problems with Window$. Embarrassingly although all three loaded, none of them recognized the USB mouse.
This isn't getting any easier is it! I have to admit I am in the dark as you are. Can you bring up a terminal and type:
Code:
lsub
When I did this I got
Quote:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 032: ID 06a2:0033 Topro Technology, Inc. USB Mouse
Let's confirm that the system actually sees your mouse.
Thanks timl, I now think this may be more than just a mouse problem. It's a Dell Dimension 1100 and I have just read in reviews that the "Integrated Intel Extreme Graphics 2" is not very good. Perhaps it's not up to running Mint 14 Mate - which is what I thought would be most suitable to convert a Windows user.
Last edited by Chris.Bristol; 05-15-2013 at 03:29 PM.
Reason: Removed some irrelevant stuff.
The video card is only a problem with Ubuntu 13.04, but it doesn't matter as after some more experimentation I have found that it will run several earlier distributions. However on most of them the USB (not just the mouse, everything USB) won't work.
Mint-14 Cinnamon - USB doesn't work
Xubuntu 10.10 - USB doesn't work
Xubuntu 10.04 - USB OK
What has happened between those two versions of Xubuntu to stop the USB working?
(Timl - I'll try 'lsub' next time I get a chance.)
Last edited by Chris.Bristol; 05-15-2013 at 03:55 PM.
Reason: Clarification
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