Mouse not detected

duryodhan · 10-17-2006, 10:29 PM

I just reinstalled Slackware 11 over my older Slackware 11 install whose mouse was workin fine.
I then did xorgconfig,xwmconfig and then did startx. Now the KDE loads but my mouse doesn't work.
I did repeated xorgconfig; select PS/2 , IMPS/2 , and Mircrosoft protocol. I am selecting /dev/mouse (the default ) as my mouse. My actual mouse is Microsoft 3 button wheel mouse with intellieye which is detected by Slackware with the correct name while Slackware is booting. What do I do now??

cereal83 · 10-17-2006, 10:40 PM

Put it back to PS/2 and see if X works then. If it does then carefully check your xorg.conf file and make sure everything is correct.

Oh yeah, I hope you formatted before you reinstalled or that could be a cause for problems

duryodhan · 10-18-2006, 12:13 AM

No I didn't format before I installed so I guess here we go again lolz...
But shouldn't the Slackware Installer Automatically format the partitions in which I am installing??

john_d13 · 10-18-2006, 03:17 AM

happened to me many times

1st thing try using usb then restart or vise versa ps2 then restart

if still doesent work

type xorgconfig,,

when asks what type of mouse u have choose option 1 (auto) and use ure ps2 connector

press y to save at the end then restart

duryodhan · 10-18-2006, 03:34 AM

by restart you mean restart comp?
if i just do startx after editin file shudn't that be the same??

alienux · 10-18-2006, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by duryodhan

by restart you mean restart comp?
if i just do startx after editin file shudn't that be the same??

Yes, if you're just making changes to xorg.conf you can just startx again.

duryodhan · 10-18-2006, 11:03 AM

ok I found the prob. During setup I had set /dev/mouse to ps/2 altho My mouse is USB. This was causin probs. I reinstalled it ... and it is working all right!