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I've tried 2 mice. One dell PS/2 mouse, and one Logitech PS/2 USB mouse. I am using KDE with X. The mouse doesn't even wake up the monitor, I have to use the keyboard. It's not a hardware issue, because it worked fine with ubuntu linux, and windows xp. I've ran "xorgconfig" multiple times, and have tried selecting "Microsoft", "Logitech", and "Auto". None worked. What can I do?
OS: Linux Slackware 10.2
Boot Loader: Lilo
Kernel: test26.s (It's the only one that would detect my SCSI hard drive)
Desktop Environment: KDE
RAM: 768 DDR
Processor: 2.4Ghz Pentium 4
Video Card: Nvidia Geforce4 MX400
Last edited by Pyro In A Cage; 02-04-2006 at 01:57 AM.
test26.s is a testing kernel, be sure to read about it before installing.
A brief: psmouse is included as module with test26.s kernel, but the installer doesn't install the modules, install them from /testing on CD2 to have mouse support.
There is no /testing directory on CD2. There is on CD3, but I don't see anything that says psmouse. What exactly do I do from the /testing directory to install it?
Edit: I have no idea what I did, but it works now! Thank you everybody
Last edited by Pyro In A Cage; 02-04-2006 at 02:53 AM.
don't use the above this is with imwheel. was just an example
gbonvehi was refering to installing a 2.6 kernel
Quote:
test26.s is a testing kernel, be sure to read about it before installing.
A brief: psmouse is included as module with test26.s kernel, but the installer doesn't install the modules, install them from /testing on CD2 to have mouse support.
He edited his post (maybe you didn't read that part) stating he used test26.s kernel.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pyro In A Cage
There is no /testing directory on CD2. There is on CD3, but I don't see anything that says psmouse. What exactly do I do from the /testing directory to install it?
Edit: I have no idea what I did, but it works now! Thank you everybody
If it's called /testing that's the directory, I always get only CD 1 so I wasn't sure about it, sorry.
Probably you installed kernel-modules package which is the one that includes kernel modules (psmouse is there).
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