10.1 after install, mouse not working
after painstakingly trying to get linux on this machine, I went thru an easy install of mandrake 10.1. On first reboot, the mouse isnt being recognized. I've tried two regular mice (a generic, a logitech) and even a laser mouse (which is usb), and nothing works. I don't know the keyboard shortcuts to get around so I'm trying. Is there some config I need to run to get the mouse to be recognized by mandrake?
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AHA! I'm better than I thought. I had to chose a different "generic" wheel mouse, now i'm happy again.
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You can also run mouseconfig and try different choices until you get what you want working.
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OK, I am having the same issue but with a different result. Once the system boots up and I log in I have to use the keyboard to get to system config and manually set the mouse to either generic PS2/USB or standard PS2. Once I set it up everything works fine and I have no issue with the mouse. So everytime I boot up I have to do the process all over again. I can not get the driver to stay with the mouse. I even went so far as to install 10.1 3 times and all with the same result. What is happening?
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What is happening is that one of the startup scripts is reading the mouse configuration from a file someplace and reconfiguring the system.
Offhand I don't remember which files are involved, but you may want to reboot, drop to a text console, (CTRL-ALT-F1) then check the files in /etc/sysconfig and /etc/X11 I'll bet that either the mouse type is incorrect or that the port/device which the mouse is connected to is incorrectly defined somewhere. e.g. you have a PS2 type mouse but the system reconfigures it at bootup to USB. |
I'm having the same trouble as DoctorDread. I checked my configuration before loading KDE and everything was setup fine. As soon as I booted into KDE the config files (/etc/sysconfig/mouse;/etc/X11/XF86Config) were changed to something different. So it looks like something related to KDE is trying to auto-configure the mouse on startup and doing a rather crappy job.
It might have something to do with harddrake. I didn't see any other kind of service or tool that I thought would affect the mouse settings. The only thing I can really do with harddrake is turn it off. |
Most of this info is stored in /etc/sysconfig
You may want to grep the directory tree to search for refernces to mice. Also if you EVER selected profiles, Mandrake will keep a configuration profile for your initial setup which it will attempt to restore upon every reboot. Profiles are like Windows hardware profiles.... e.g. you can have one configuration for a docked machine and another for an undocked one, etc. |
FIXED IT!!!
Mousedrake kept using symbolic links for the device instead of pointing to the actual device. So my '/etc/sysconfig/mouse' file was pointing to a device that didn't exist. After running mousedrake in KDE it created the symbolic link and the mouse worked. I just changed the device to point to '/dev/mouse0' which should always be there. I think '/dev/psaux' would work as well. |
Great!
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It is good to hear you got it fixed. I have been dealing with having to mount the mouse everytime I boot up. I plan on fixing this tonight, can you give me some idea where you change the entry. I am a bit new so bear with me. Was it changed in the sysconfig or the XF86config file? If you could post an example that would be great.
Thanks, |
This is how my '/etc/syconfig/mouse' file reads:
Code:
MOUSETYPE=ps/2 Code:
Section "InputDevice" |
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