Mandrake 9.1 and USB Mouse

IlliniGrad · 03-29-2003, 05:05 PM

Hi all,
I'm very new to Linux, and I've just installed Mandrake 9.1. Things are going alright, but I'm having major issues with my USB mouse in X.
I have a MS Wireless Intellimouse Explorer USB and a USB Keyboard if that helps.
Anyways, when I start X, all my mouse can do is move up and down, and it often brings up other desktops.
I've tried drakconf and chose Exlporer as my USB mouse, but that doesn't seem to help.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

mcleodnine · 03-30-2003, 10:13 AM

type in 'lsmod' at the console or in a console window and post the output here.

IlliniGrad · 03-30-2003, 04:17 PM

Module Size Used by Not tainted
parport_pc 25128 1 (autoclean)
lp 8128 0 (autoclean)
parport 34208 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
snd-pcm-oss 43588 0 (unused)
snd-mixer-oss 14488 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
snd-intel8x0 22020 0 (unused)
snd-ac97-codec 40224 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-pcm 77568 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-intel8x0]
snd-timer 18376 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-mpu401-uart 4396 0 [snd-intel8x0]
snd-rawmidi 17632 0 [snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 5864 0 [snd-rawmidi]
snd 40900 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-intel8x0 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
soundcore 6308 0 [snd]
snd-page-alloc 7780 0 [snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm]
nfsd 74288 0 (autoclean)
af_packet 14984 1 (autoclean)
sr_mod 16952 0 (autoclean)
floppy 55164 0
8139too 17160 1 (autoclean)
mii 3832 0 (autoclean) [8139too]
ohci1394 19048 0 (unused)
ieee1394 45932 0 [ohci1394]
ntfs 76844 2 (autoclean)
supermount 15296 1 (autoclean)
nls_iso8859-1 3516 3 (autoclean)
nls_cp850 4316 1 (autoclean)
vfat 11820 1 (autoclean)
fat 37976 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
ide-cd 33856 0
cdrom 31680 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
ide-scsi 11312 0
scsi_mod 103316 2 [sr_mod ide-scsi]
usbkbd 4440 0 (unused)
keybdev 2720 0 (unused)
mousedev 5300 1
hid 20932 0 (unused)
usbmouse 2936 0 (unused)
input 5696 0 [usbkbd keybdev mousedev hid usbmouse]
usb-ohci 20584 0 (unused)
usbcore 73024 1 [usbkbd hid usbmouse usb-ohci]
rtc 8092 0 (autoclean)
ext3 59916 3
jbd 38972 3 [ext3]

mcleodnine · 03-30-2003, 04:38 PM

alrighty... what does your XF86Config say about your mouse? Have a look for the a section like this..

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "mouse"
  Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
  ... etc...

Option "Device" and Option "Protocol" are the ones we're interested in here. If the "Device" is /dev/mouse then see what your /dev/mouse is by punching 'ls -la /dev/mouse" at a console. For your USB mouse setup it should be /dev/input/mice.

IlliniGrad · 03-30-2003, 04:42 PM

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/usbmouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection

mcleodnine · 03-30-2003, 04:56 PM

How about just using "PS/2" for the protocol?

Also duble-check to ensure that you're not running gpm (mouse for the console only). Try 'ps -ef | grep gpm'. If it is running then 'killall gpm' and restart X.

IlliniGrad · 03-31-2003, 09:16 AM

Hi all,
Just wanted to let everyone know that changing the protocol to just PS/2 worked, that is, the mouse actually does move around etc.

However, I all the buttons aren't assigned right, how do I reassign things?

Thanks!

IlliniGrad · 03-31-2003, 10:56 AM

Hi again,
Okay, so it was working with the PS/2 protocol.
Now after a reboot or two, it's gone back to only moving up and down.
What could have happened do you think?
Thanks!