m$ mouse usb gone crazy!

icyfire · 08-28-2002, 09:01 PM

i just bought an m$ wireless optical mouse blue USB (it was cheaper than logitech....im a broke-ass college student!) and i plugged it in in Mandy 8.2. After a couple times restarting X, linux registers the mouse, but it doesnt move properly: left and right make it go up and down, the buttons make the pointer move slightly to the right, etc.

i tried editing my XF86Config-4, but mandrake already did that, so there was nothing to change.

someone help me! i'm surfing with the tab and arrow keys!

icy

neo77777 · 08-28-2002, 09:08 PM

Here is the section for mouse from my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file it is logitech USB optical with two-buttons and a wheel

Code:

Section "InputDevice"  
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Note the protocol and device name

icyfire · 08-28-2002, 09:34 PM

i now have that exact same configuration (except if it put it to Mouse0, X won't start), and it still does the same thing.

MasterC · 08-29-2002, 06:52 AM

More than once have I referred to your section Neo, thanks for another thread to appear when I search

icyfire, you may want to post the pointer section from your file.

Also, you might need to modprobe uhci as well as usb-uhci. If these are not built into your kernel, you may want to get the latest one, and then compile it in there.

HTH

icyfire · 08-30-2002, 06:27 AM

I've fixed this problem, thank you much.

it honestly had nothing to do with any config files, any usb modules, any drivers, or anything related to my computer whatsoever.

when i took back the m$ mouse and bought a logitech (for 10 bucks more...) i plugged it in, and it auto-magically started working. (it took 4 restarts and a bus change to get it to work in windows)

score another for linux.

w00t.

MasterC · 08-30-2002, 06:36 AM

Cool, glad you got it working. It was probably that logo holding you back

When I read that first paragraph about it having nothing to do with your computer whatsoever, I thought the next paragraph was going to say "...So I plugged it in

huh huh

Cool

FreakboY · 10-17-2002, 09:37 PM

what kind of logitek mouse did u get!??

i own a cordless optical mouse (Microsoft IntelliEYE)
its blue and cordless it works just fine on my linux
box... it won't work on my PS/2 connector...

laterz...

icyfire · 10-18-2002, 04:03 AM

cordless optical...

its great in linux, windows hates it (hehe...). however, the only downside is that it eats a pair of AA's in about 5-6 weeks....my old cordless ate a pair of AAA's in about 4 months.

DavidPhillips · 12-22-2002, 02:35 AM

yep,

It's a good mouse.

My batteries went down last night and I had to run out and get some.

The range on it is awesome.