Hi all,

I am running Suse 9.3 in a Dell Latitude D510. The system recognizes my touchpad and it works fine. I also connected an optical mouse at USB port. I tried yast, sax2 to make the USB mouse work, but it seems like it does not exist!

Does anybody can help me, please?

Thanks

hi there and welcome to LQ,
can you post the relevant part of your xorg.conf please?
regards,
slackie1000

Hi,

Thanks for repling my message. I think the information you asked is that below.

One part begins here:

InputDevices "/dev/amigamouse"
InputDevices "/dev/atarimouse"
InputDevices "/dev/inportbm"
InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
InputDevices "/dev/mouse"
InputDevices "/dev/usbmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/adbmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
InputDevices "/dev/input/event0"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer0"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer1"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer2"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer3"
EndSection

But I thing the most relevant part is this:

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "synaptics"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.04"
Option "BottomEdge" "650"
Option "ButtonNumber" "5"
Option "CircScrollDelta" "0.1"
Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2"
Option "CircularScrolling" "1"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "15"
Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "15"
Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "75"
Option "FingerHigh" "15"
Option "FingerLow" "14"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "20"
Option "InputFashion" "Mouse"
Option "LeftEdge" "120"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.5"
Option "MaxTapMove" "110"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.2"
Option "Name" "ALPS;Touchpad"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "RightEdge" "830"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "TopEdge" "120"
Option "UpDownScrolling" "1"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "20"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Thanks again,

Aquino

hi there,
suse is something "special" about these things...we will fix it, in a slackware way..
first find a section in your xorg.conf that is called "ServerLayout".. inside this section you insert the following..
after that you include also in the end of this same file..
restart X and tell me what happens..
regards,
slackie1000

Hi there,

I made the changes you mentioned, but it does not work yet!

Is there any possibility that this mouse in not linux compatible?

The manufacturer is www.a4tech.com

Thanks again for your help.

Regards,

hi there,
nope.. i don't believe that is incompatible. let's try again...
can you post how you inserted the parts in your file?
can you post the last lines of your Xorg.log? i think it is under /var/log/...
regards,
slackie1000

Hi there,

Here we go again

The lines I have inserted are below:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer
Option "Clone" "off"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Screen "Screen[0]"
EndSection

and the other part of the same file is:

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


In the file xorg.log I got this message:
...

(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse[1]"
(**) |-->Input Device "USB Mouse"
(WW) Duplicate core pointer devices. Removing core pointer attribute from "USB Mouse"

I am not sure, but I think the message above gives us a tip where the problem is

The last lines are:

14"
(**) Option "FingerHigh" "15"
(**) Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
(**) Option "MaxTapMove" "110"
(**) Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "75"
(**) Option "VertScrollDelta" "20"
(**) Option "HorizScrollDelta" "20"
(**) Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "15"
(**) Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "15"
(**) Option "UpDownScrolling" "1"
(**) Option "CircularScrolling" "1"
(**) Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2"
(--) Mouse[1] touchpad found
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse[1]: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
(**) USB Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/mice"
(**) USB Mouse: Protocol: "IMPS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer" "False"
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
(==) USB Mouse: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) USB Mouse: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) USB Mouse: Buttons: 5
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "USB Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse[1]" (type: MOUSE)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard[0]" (type: KEYBOARD)
Synaptics DeviceInit called
SynapticsCtrl called.
Synaptics DeviceOn called
(--) Mouse[1] touchpad found
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID, removing from list!
SynapticsCtrl called.
SetClientVersion: 0 8
(II) USB Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded

Once again, thanks for your help.

Regards,

Aquino

hi there,
here is the mistake..
you forgot the double quotes... aspas
regards,
slackie1000

I included the double the aspas... It does not work yet!!!

In the file xorg.log I stil get the message:

**) |-->Input Device "USB Mouse"
(WW) Duplicate core pointer devices. Removing core pointer attribute from "USB Mouse"

Thanks,

hi there,
weird..
what happens if you change the Mouse[0] from
"CorePointer"
to
"AlwaysCore"
in the "ServerLayout" section??
regards,
slackie1000

[edit] stupid tip from my part. you can not have 2 CorePointer in your ServerLayout

Sorry, I did not understand where exactly the change has to be made. I've got this in the ServerLayout Section:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
Option "Clone" "off"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Screen "Screen[0]"
EndSection

Regards,

Aquino

hi there,
my bad.. i made something simple, difficult..
just for the record: you can not define two CorePointer entries in your SeverLayout..
regards,
slackie1000

Hey, hey

Now it is working perfectly!!

Thank you very very much for your help!!!!! I owe you that! When you come to Brazil let me know and we will drink some "caipirinhas"

Regards,

Aquino

hi there,
* slackie1000 wants a caipirinha now.
may the force be with us. glad to help.
LOL..i am brazilian. but living in germany since some years already. i write you an email about the caipirinha promisse...
regards,
slackie1000

Ok,

Send me an e-mail... the promisse holds

Bye