Ok, I am getting mixed answers on this and I am trying to understand what the problem is:
I installed 10.2 test26.s
This is fine, except that the mouse is erratic. Even though I selected the slowest settings
(1x etc), the mouse cursor junps from place to place(usually the north east corner) and
selects menus withoutr my clicking on them.
These are the symptoms. Now I am trying to understand what cuases this.
I have seen people suggesting disabling gpm or hotplug, or PNP at the BIOS, or
scanning all devices to see if /dev/mouse is really the mouse(it would not work at all otherwise, would it?) and whether the xorg.conf mouse module section is right.
Anyone know about this issue?

I usually get this behaviour if I have incorrect settings in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. What type of mouse do you have, and what is in the mouse section of your xorg.conf file?

i have this issue as well although on my system, the mouse does not work at all in kde
i installed the same test26 kernel and have tried /dev/mouse and /dev/psaux, neither one works
i have uncommented the "protocol" "auto" option, made sure it was imps/2, nothing works

The mouse is not working because when you install test26.s kernel, the modules (for 2.6 kernel) are not installed, you've to install them from testing/. That's stated on the RELEASE_NOTES files included with Slackware 10.2.
You should install these packages from testing: kernel-modules-2.6.13-i486-1.tgz kernel-source-2.6.13-noarch-1.tgz (just in case...) and alsa-driver-1.0.9b_2.6.13-i486-1.tgz to get ALSA sound in 2.6 kernel.

I'd also recommend you to install the kernel-generic on testing/ too, since test26.s kernel comes with a lot of stuff built into the kernel to support more stuff during install while the one at testing uses more modules (if you use reiserfs and/or sata be sure the generic 2.6 kernel supports it, make a initrd image if needed).

The mouse is not USB, it is a Microsoft Intellimouse(PS/2 compatible, 2 buttons+wheel). Initially I also had the problems that jsmarshall85
is having now, with the mouse completely unresponsive and solved them as suggested(see the thread http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...r&pagenumber=2

). Anyway, here is the relevant xorg section. Note that I also tried IMPS/2, but no visible difference. I also tried with the last 2 lines uncommented (ZAxis mapping etc), still no luck

So, can anyone please confirm:
-is gpm and hotplug NOT the problem?
- is PNP in BIOS not the problem?
-is the problem in xorg.conf or are we looking in the wrong file/settings?




Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"

# On platforms where PnP mouse detection is supported the following
# protocol setting can be used when using a newer PnP mouse:

# Option "Protocol" "Auto"

# The available mouse protocols types that you can set below are:
# Auto BusMouse GlidePoint GlidePointPS/2 IntelliMouse IMPS/2
# Logitech Microsoft MMHitTab MMSeries Mouseman MouseManPlusPS/2
# MouseSystems NetMousePS/2 NetScrollPS/2 OSMouse PS/2 SysMouse
# ThinkingMouse ThinkingMousePS/2 Xqueue
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"

# The mouse device. The device is normally set to /dev/mouse,
# which is usually a symbolic link to the real device.

Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
# Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
# Option "Buttons" "5"

that worked! and yes release notes are my friend. they will be read from now on

thanks!

jsmarshall85, if your mouse works well(not erratic, that is), can you post your mouse section of xorg.conf and also maybe check if gpm is running?

Some more results:
[gpm, at least by itself is NOT the problem. I switched to imps/2, which should be ok for an MS Intellimouse with 2 buttons+wheel]. So this is still not solved



1) Messages I get with gmp enabled
Script started on Tue 08 Nov 2005 05:38:17 PM EET
root@Hostname:~# startx

X Window System Version 6.8.2
Release Date: 9 February 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.13 i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux Hostname 2.6.13 #1 Tue Sep 6 17:56:37 PDT 2005 i686
Build Date: 11 September 2005
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Nov 8 17:38:20 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list!
xset: bad font path element (#58), possible causes are:
Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
Directory missing fonts.dir
Incorrect font server address or syntax
startkde: Starting up...
kbuildsycoca running...
kdecore (KLibLoader): WARNING: KLibrary: /opt/kde/lib/kde3/kcm_kdnssd.so: undefined symbol: init_kdnssd
SetClientVersion: 0 8
KWrited - Listening on Device /dev/pts/1
kded: Fatal IO error: client killed (here I kill X cause mouse is misbehaving)
kwin: Fatal IO error: client killed
kicker: Fatal IO error: client killed
knotify: Fatal IO error: client killed
klipper: Fatal IO error: client killed
kdeinit: Fatal IO error: client killed
kdesktop: Fatal IO error: client killed
ksmserver: Fatal IO error: client killed
konsole: Fatal IO error: client killed
xinit: connection to X server lost. korgac: Fatal IO error: client killed
kdeinit: sending SIGHUP to children.
*** kdesktop got signal 1 (Exiting)
kicker: sighandler called
klauncher: Exiting on signal 1
klauncher: Fatal IO error: client killed
*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0x0815af80 ***
kicker: crashHandler called
DCOP Cleaning up dead connections.
Hangup
GOT SIGHUP
kdeinit: sending SIGTERM to children.
kicker: sighandler called
root@Hostname:~# kdeinit: Exit.
DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach failed Could not open network socket
DCOPClient::attachInternal. Attach failed Could not open network socket
ERROR: Couldn't attach to DCOP server!
startkde: Shutting down...
Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
Error: Can't contact kdeinit!
startkde: Running shutdown scripts...
startkde: Done.
exit
exit

2) With gpm -k, I also get the same erratic mouse behavior

3) looking at /var/log/messages, things look ok

Nov 8 17:35:35 Hostname syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Linux version 2.6.13 (root@tree) (gcc version 3.3.6) #1 Tue Sep 6 17:56:37 PDT 2005
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: 896MB LOWMEM available.
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: DMI 2.3 present.
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0xe408
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=803
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Initializing CPU#0
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Using pmtmr for high-res timesource
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Memory: 902300k/917504k available (4116k kernel code, 14752k reserved, 2096k data, 252k init, 0k highmem)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: CPU: L2 cache: 256K
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Intel machine check architecture supported.
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: mtrr: v2.0 (20020519)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 16
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ACPI: bus type pci registered
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf0cc0, last bus=1
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ACPI: Subsystem revision 20050408
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ACPI: Interpreter enabled
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ACPI: Assume root bridge [\_SB_.PCI0] segment is 0
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ACPI: Assume root bridge [\_SB_.PCI0] bus is 0
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: SCSI subsystem initialized
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: usbcore: registered new driver hub
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq". If it helps, post a report
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:01.0
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: IO window: disabled.
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: MEM window: ee000000-efdfffff
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: PREFETCH window: eff00000-fbffffff
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Simple Boot Flag at 0x3a set to 0x1
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16ac)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: apm: overridden by ACPI.
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: NTFS driver 2.1.23 [Flags: R/W].
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: JFS: nTxBlock = 7049, nTxLock = 56397
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, large block numbers, no debug enabled
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: SGI XFS Quota Management subsystem
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Initializing Cryptographic API
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Real Time Clock Driver v1.12
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly.
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: io scheduler noop registered
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: io scheduler anticipatory registered
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: io scheduler deadline registered
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: io scheduler cfq registered
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: HP CISS Driver (v 2.6.6)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: VP_IDE: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:04.1
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: VP_IDE: not 100%% native mode: will probe irqs later
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: VP_IDE: VIA vt82c686b (rev 40) IDE UDMA100 controller on pci0000:00:04.1
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd800-0xd807, BIOS settings: hdaMA, hdbio
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd808-0xd80f, BIOS settings: hdcio, hddio
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: hda: ATAPI 40X DVD-ROM drive, 640kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Detecting Adaptec I2O RAID controllers...
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 9 (level, low) -> IRQ 9
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: scsi2 : Adaptec AIC79XX PCI-X SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 1.3.11
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST373207LW Rev: 0003
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST373207LW Rev: 0003
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Red Hat/Adaptec aacraid driver (1.1.2-lk2 Sep 6 2005)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: sym53c416.c: Version 1.0.0-ac
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: qlogicfas: no cards were found, please specify I/O address and IRQ using iobase= and irq= options<6>QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 9 (level, low) -> IRQ 9
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: megaraid cmm: 2.20.2.6 (Release Date: Mon Mar 7 00:01:03 EST 2005)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: megaraid: 2.20.4.6 (Release Date: Mon Mar 07 12:27:22 EST 2005)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: nsp32: loading...
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ipr: IBM Power RAID SCSI Device Driver version: 2.0.14 (May 2, 2005)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: SCSI device sda: 143374744 512-byte hdwr sectors (73408 MB)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: SCSI device sda: 143374744 512-byte hdwr sectors (73408 MB)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi2, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: SCSI device sdb: 143374744 512-byte hdwr sectors (73408 MB)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: SCSI device sdb: 143374744 512-byte hdwr sectors (73408 MB)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: sdb: sdb1
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi2, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: I2O subsystem v1.288
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: i2o: max drivers = 8
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: I2O Configuration OSM v1.248
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: I2O Bus Adapter OSM v$Rev$
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: I2O Block Device OSM v1.287
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: I2O SCSI Peripheral OSM v1.282
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: I2O ProcFS OSM v1.145
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Fusion MPT base driver 3.03.02
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Copyright (c) 1999-2005 LSI Logic Corporation
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Fusion MPT SPI Host driver 3.03.02
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Fusion MPT FC Host driver 3.03.02
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: usbmon: debugfs is not available
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.01:USB HID core driver
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 2
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: TCP reno registered
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: TCP bic registered
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Initializing IPsec netlink socket
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 1
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 17
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S4 S5)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ReiserFS: sda3: found reiserfs format "3.6" with standard journal
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ReiserFS: sda3: using ordered data mode
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ReiserFS: sda3: journal params: device sda3, size 8192, journal first block 18, max trans len 1024, max batch 900, max commit age 30, max trans age 30
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ReiserFS: sda3: checking transaction log (sda3)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ReiserFS: sda3: Using r5 hash to sort names
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 252k freed
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ReiserFS: sda4: found reiserfs format "3.6" with standard journal
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ReiserFS: sda4: using ordered data mode
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ReiserFS: sda4: journal params: device sda4, size 8192, journal first block 18, max trans len 1024, max batch 900, max commit age 30, max trans age 30
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ReiserFS: sda4: checking transaction log (sda4)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ReiserFS: sda4: Using r5 hash to sort names
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ReiserFS: sdb1: found reiserfs format "3.6" with standard journal
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ReiserFS: sdb1: using ordered data mode
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ReiserFS: sdb1: journal params: device sdb1, size 8192, journal first block 18, max trans len 1024, max batch 900, max commit age 30, max trans age 30
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ReiserFS: sdb1: checking transaction log (sdb1)
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: ReiserFS: sdb1: Using r5 hash to sort names
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Intel ISA PCIC probe: not found.
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname kernel: Databook TCIC-2 PCMCIA probe: not found.
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname logger: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1: /sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
Nov 8 17:35:36 Hostname logger: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1: /sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
Nov 8 17:35:37 Hostname logger: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1: /sbin/route add default gw 172.16.167.14 metric 1
Nov 8 17:35:37 Hostname logger: SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable
Nov 8 17:35:37 Hostname logger: /etc/rc.d/rc.hotplug start (entering script)
Nov 8 17:35:37 Hostname kernel: 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.27
Nov 8 17:35:37 Hostname kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
Nov 8 17:35:37 Hostname kernel: eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xb000, 00:30:4f:10:2e:10, IRQ 5
Nov 8 17:35:37 Hostname kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Nov 8 17:35:37 Hostname kernel: eth1: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xa800, 00:30:4f:10:33:20, IRQ 11
Nov 8 17:35:38 Hostname logger: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1: /sbin/route add default gw 172.16.167.14 metric 1
Nov 8 17:35:38 Hostname logger: SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable
Nov 8 17:35:38 Hostname logger: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1: /sbin/ifconfig eth0 172.16.167.5 broadcast 172.16.167.15 netmask 255.255.255.240
Nov 8 17:35:38 Hostname kernel: eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x45E1
Nov 8 17:35:38 Hostname logger: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1: /sbin/route add default gw 172.16.167.14 metric 1
Nov 8 17:35:38 Hostname kernel: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.3
Nov 8 17:35:38 Hostname kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:04.2[D] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
Nov 8 17:35:38 Hostname kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:04.2: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller
Nov 8 17:35:38 Hostname kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:04.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
Nov 8 17:35:38 Hostname kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:04.2: irq 5, io base 0x0000d400
Nov 8 17:35:38 Hostname kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
Nov 8 17:35:38 Hostname kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Nov 8 17:35:38 Hostname kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:04.3[D] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
Nov 8 17:35:38 Hostname kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:04.3: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (#2)
Nov 8 17:35:38 Hostname kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:04.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
Nov 8 17:35:38 Hostname kernel: uhci_hcd 0000:00:04.3: irq 5, io base 0x0000d000
Nov 8 17:35:38 Hostname kernel: hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
Nov 8 17:35:38 Hostname kernel: hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
Nov 8 17:35:41 Hostname kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,EPP]
Nov 8 17:35:41 Hostname kernel: parport_pc: VIA parallel port: io=0x378, irq=7
Nov 8 17:35:41 Hostname modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting shpchp (/lib/modules/2.6.13/kernel/drivers/pci/hotplug/shpchp.ko): Operation not permitted
Nov 8 17:35:41 Hostname kernel: agpgart: Detected VIA Apollo Pro 133 chipset
Nov 8 17:35:41 Hostname kernel: agpgart: AGP aperture is 32M @ 0xfc000000
Nov 8 17:35:41 Hostname modprobe: FATAL: Error inserting shpchp (/lib/modules/2.6.13/kernel/drivers/pci/hotplug/shpchp.ko): Operation not permitted
Nov 8 17:35:45 Hostname last message repeated 10 times
Nov 8 17:35:49 Hostname logger: /etc/rc.d/rc.hotplug start (exiting script)
Nov 8 17:35:49 Hostname kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 10
Nov 8 17:35:49 Hostname kernel: Disabled Privacy Extensions on device c0612020(lo)
Nov 8 17:35:49 Hostname kernel: IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
Nov 8 17:35:50 Hostname sshd[3934]: Server listening on :: port 22.

svar, have you installed the other 2.6.13 kernel packages as stated above? this is what i did and the mouse worked. actually i reinstalled using the test26.s kernel and said to not run gpm at boot up and then installed the packages listed above. when i went into X the mouse worked fine.

the only important parts of the mouse section of xorg.conf are listed:
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"