installed Redhat Linux 8.0. Configured the wrong mouse. Now when I boot up the machine, it lets me type root for username and the password. When it goes brings up the desktop, I can not move the mouse at all. What can I do? I do not want to reinstall the whole thing again. I am sure there is a way to do this...

Thanks a lot!
Penguinlover

Looks like we have identical problems...

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=69675

What type of mouse do you have & what does your /etc/X11/XF86Config file show?

Under the Section "ServerLayout" and the Section "InputDevice" (pertaining to the mouse)

figured out!

looking at the deskop, I pressed the combination keys in this order:

(got them from here...http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...shortcuts.html)

1. Ctrl] + [Alt] + [Backspace] = kill X. Kills your current X session and returns you to the login screen. Use this if the normal exit procedure does not work

2. [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [F1]. This takes you to a text console screen.

From there (text console screen), I typed "setup." This brought up a menu of options, one of which was to setup the mouse. I chose "no mouse". It asked me to save the configuration and I chose "yes." This I thought deleted any previous mouse configuration. I once more typed "setup," this time it probed for a mouse on its own. Found the mouse, saved configuration and walla! ti works! thanks for you help people!! I hope this works for other people as well.

Penguinlover