Could you tell me whats in your /etc/X11/XF86Config to enable your USB mouse. I want to add the USB as well a keep my trackpad working, I've tried afew things and I always get error on line blah blah blah and X wount start.

Try to set mouse protocol to "auto".

I've got slackware 9.1 on my laptop with usb mouse, I don't know if the setting auto in for the device worked, tell me, I'm not using my laptop at the moment, I'll be using it later tonight or tomorrow, I'm getting too lazy these days

I'll check back here and if you still need it I'll send then send you my config file.

Sahand

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "UsbMouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "UsbMouse" "AlwaysCore"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

The important point is that you cannot have 2 CorePointer devices, & /dev/input/mice is where slackware finds a usb mouse

My current mouse and keyboard are set to 'Mouse1', 'Keyboard1' so shall I just keep them as that or just change them to 0?

Is this what it should look like?

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "UsbMouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen1" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "UsbMouse" "AlwaysCore"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

It doesn't matter what they are, only that they are the same between the "Inputdevice" and "ServerLayout" section.

e.g. Mouse1 in both places.

That looks correct, if you are still having problems post any errors found in /var/log/XFree86.0.log

Okay I've added that without any errors comming up but I still can't use the USB. I've also tried adding the auto protocal.

Did you restart x?

yeap

And have you restarted your laptop, try it I know that you need rc.hotplug restarted in order for it to be picked up. The hotplug services are for usb devices such as your mouse and stuff. So try restarting your slackware box first.

That is if you have enabled hotplug when you installed slackware. In the installation there should have been a question asking if you would want this or not.

yeah I tried restarting to no avail, as for the hotplug thing im not to sure, I can't remember it asking me but if it did I most likey said yes to it.

What are the error messages in /var/log/XFree86.0.log

also what does

ls -l /dev/input/mice

show

at the end of the log I'm getting this

(**) Option "Protocol" "Auto"
(**) Mouse1: Protocol: "Auto"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse1: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
(**) Mouse1: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(==) Mouse1: Buttons 3
(EE) UsbMouse: No Protocol specified
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "UsbMouse"
(II) UnloadModule: "mouse"
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard1" handled by legacy driver
(II)XINPUT: Adding extended input device "mouse1" (type: MOUSE)
(--) Mouse1: PnP-detected protocol: "ImPS/2"
(II) Mouse1: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded

Heres what I put in for the usb in XF86config just see if you can see anywhere I went wrong.

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "UsbMouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocal" " ImPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "UsbMouse" "AlwaysCore"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

Option "Protocal" " ImPS/2"

Protocol is spelled incorrectly