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Old 01-31-2004, 01:46 PM   #16
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Apologies for resurrecting such an old thread...

SnowSurfAir - Did you eventually get your Gyration Suite running? I recently purchased the Gyration Compact Keyboard Suite and am unable to get the mouse working. The keyboard worked immediately, however after A number of evenings worth of effort, I'm still no further along with the mouse.

If you got yours working - could you please post what you did?

Thanks!
Tom
 
Old 01-31-2004, 05:24 PM   #17
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No I never did and no one has told me how to re setup my old mouse and keyboard because i cant do anything. Im still workin on makin it work. by any chance do you know how to setup redhat for a PS/2 mouse and a usb keyboard?
 
Old 01-31-2004, 10:29 PM   #18
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Insert boot disk. Select 'installation' or 'update system' or some such thing (I use suse so it may be different). Hopefully your mouse will be detected and your keyboard too. Simply go through the automatic system update process.

Your mouse and keyboard should now work.

(this is what I always try first after messing stuff up)


Hope this helps.
 
Old 01-31-2004, 11:43 PM   #19
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when do I insert the boot disk because when i insert it at startup it doesnt do anything.
 
Old 02-01-2004, 05:08 AM   #20
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Who installed Redhat on your machine? Ask fo their assistance?

Are you sure you are using the correct disk?
You may need to set BIOS to read cd at startup.
See your motherboard manual for instructions on how to do this
 
Old 02-01-2004, 11:29 AM   #21
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Some of what i figured out when I posted my mouse troubles here:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=139931

might help you. Basically, what I found to cause troubles on my system was hwconfig detecting the mouse to be ps/2 but having X86config looking for USB.

What I would suggest is that you go to etc/sysconfig/hwconfig. You might want to backup hwconfig before you edit it, but it's your call. Go into hwconfig and try to find something like this:

class: MOUSE
bus: PSAUX
detached: 0
device: psaux
driver: msintellips/2
desc: "Generic PS/2 Wheel Mouse"

Just look for something that says "mouse" and delete the entire entry. Then reboot. Kudzu should then redetect your mouse, and change your X86Config to match it. This accomplishes the same thing that zaphoid suggested, but his method wouldn't work for me (I also use RedHat), as RedHat didn't find anything to upgrade and so didn't make any changes. I'm guessing that because you have Redhat, it won't work for you either. Good luck.

Oh, and if anyone is feeling charitable and has a USB mouse, I would greatly appriciate it if they could post their mouse entry from hwconfig in my mouse troubles thread, as Kudzu isn't detecting it properly for me :/
 
Old 02-01-2004, 12:45 PM   #22
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yeah but my old mouse was a USB mouse and I want t oconfigure the system for a usb mouse and a ps/2 keyboard.
 
Old 02-01-2004, 01:53 PM   #23
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Well, I think the problem I'm having has to do with the fact that the Gyration USB Keyboard and Mouse both connect through the same receiver, having only a single USB plug. This means that signals for both the keyboard and the mouse reach the PC on a single USB port - and it seems as though Linux can't figure this out.

Today I tried running the Mandrake setup again from CD1 and ended up trying every single mouse selection the installer offered...to no avail.

Can anyone give me any ideas?

Thanks in advance...

Tom
 
Old 02-01-2004, 04:30 PM   #24
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Ok well I did what you said jklewis but nothin happened but in that file it did say this other than the one that I took out:
Code:
 
class: MOUSE
bus: USB
detached: 0
device: input/mice
driver: mousedev
desc: "Gyration Gyropoint RF Technology Reciever"
usbclass: 3
usbsubclass" 1
usbprotocol: 2
usbbus: 2
usblevel: 1
usbport: 1
vendorId: 8c16
deviceId: 0001
usbmfr: Gyration
usbprod: Gyropoint RF technology Reciever
And later on in the file:
Code:
class: KEYBOARD
bus: USB
detached: 0
driver: kebdev
desc: "Gyration Gyropoint Rf Technology Reciever"
usbclass: 3
usbsubclass: 1
usbprotocol: 1
usbbus: 2
usblevel: 1
usbport: 1
vendorId: 8c16
device Id: 0001
usbmfr: Gyration
usbprod: GyroPoint RF Technology Receiver
Should they both be exactly the same?
 
Old 02-01-2004, 10:28 PM   #25
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for someone more literate with Linux, I found this page: http://www.sllug.org/how-to/linux-ht...t_devices.html if you get what it is saying could you help me understand what it is saying to install it?
 
Old 02-02-2004, 05:04 AM   #26
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It looks like kudzu has detected it properly. Post your X86Config (usually in etc/X11/) and we'll see if the problem is there. Although kudzu should of configured X86Config properly as well :/
 
Old 02-02-2004, 09:16 PM   #27
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Here is the sections out of my X86COnfig:
Code:
Identifier   "keyboard0"
Driver        "keyboard"
Option       "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option       "XkbModel" "pci105"
Option       "XkbLayout" "us"
Endsection

Section "Input Device"
Identifier    "Mouse0"
Driver        "mouse"
Option        "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option        "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option        "Emulate3buttons" "no"
Option        "Buttons" "5"
Endsection
 
Old 02-03-2004, 03:37 AM   #28
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Well there is your problem! =P

See how the mouse line has "Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"" in the mouse section? That is telling linux your mouse is on the PS/2 port. But you have a usb mouse. So... change that line to:

Code:
Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Which will tell it to use usb input.
 
Old 02-03-2004, 02:55 PM   #29
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Mandrake with wireless Gyration Keyboard/Mouse Suite

oh joy, oh bliss

Almost magically, my Gyration mouse is now working. What I did last night is to plug in a PS2 Mouse, boot the system and let Mandrake autodetect it. Shut down the system, removed the PS2 mouse and then restarted. Mandrake then autodetected the wireless mouse. Don't ask me why it didn't work before...I'm sure I was making some kind of silly mistake...

Thanks to everyone who replied.

Regards,
Tom
 
Old 02-03-2004, 05:58 PM   #30
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THANK YOU! who'd thought it would be that simple. It works! Now maby one of you know this, I have two computers a Windows and my Redhat I only have one monitor, How can I share the mouse combo and Monitor between the two comps? I have a KVM splitterbut Im not sure if that would work. THANKS again.
 
  


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