[Solved]Serial Microsoft mouse not working with Mandriva 2010
Installed Mandriva 2010, but my serial Microsoft mouse 2.0A does not work after installation, but it worked during installation. Reinstalled but with identical result.
Booted to failsafe mode and through drakconf configured a serial general 2 button mouse, but it did not make any change. I have looked in xorg.conf, but can't find anything about the mouse. The mouse worked with Mandriva 2006 that I had earlier. Grateful for suggestions! |
Hi you might be able to add the device manually.
Here is part of my old layout..../etc/X11/xorg.conf Be care full with the device numbers... Section "ServerLayout" Code:
Section "ServerLayout" Code:
Section "InputDevice" Code:
Section "Screen" Regards Glenn |
Many thanks! I have tried your suggestions and some variants in xorg.conf, but the Microsoft mouse is dead. Tried both Protocol auto and Microsoft. I put Inputdevice just above ServerLayout, which were last in the file.
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Hi, xorg has not changed that much since 2006,
The config file from 2006 should give you the answers you require. I've just checked the XFdrake "sudo XFdrake" interface and there is no mouse config there to adjust. But it lists the mouse at the end for confirmation. man xsetpointer Code:
xsetpointer(1) xsetpointer(1) In the mean time, you could configure the numberpad to move the cursor.... But I don't know how to do that with out a mouse, sorry. also have a look at the manual for xsetmode Code:
man xsetmode Code:
man xset Code:
man X That's all I have, all the best. Glenn |
Many thanks for your help! XFdrake did not work, because it needs mouse function. xsetpointer is not available in Mandriva 2010.
I did install Mandriva 2007, where mouse functioned OK and thus I got the correct mouse entry for xorg.conf, but it did not work either with this entry for InputDevice, when I installed Mandriva 2010 again. In 2007 Protocol Microsoft was used for the mouse. Maybe I have to buy a more modern mouse, because this serial mouse is at least 10 years old. |
<edit> I think you're missing some packages</edit>
see if X package is installed... Code:
rpm -qa | grep x11-driver-input-mouse Quote:
Try urpmi on these packages... Code:
xset-1.1.0-1mdv2010.0 This might take a while.... Code:
rpm -Va | grep miss Code:
sudo rpm -Va | grep miss > /home/glenn/build/rpm-Va-grep-miss-list-`date +%Y-%m-%d-%H`.txt Code:
sudo rpm -qa | sort | less > /home/glenn/build/note-rpm-installed-list-`date +%Y-%m-%d-%H`.txt :-) Glenn |
Most grateful for your suggestions, because it got me into right direction. I installed all programs you suggested, but xsetpointer listed no mouse.
I read that a similar problem was solved by inputattach, so I found it was in gpm, so I installed it with urpmi. As root: inputattach --microsoft /dev/ttyS0 And the mouse started to work. However, if I reboot I have to issue the command again. Is there in Mandriva a rc.local where I can put it in? |
yes there is,
/etc/rc.d/rc.local I use it for some things too. |
Thanks! I put it in rc.local and it is working now. One minor thing is that the mouse is not working, when I login, but after when in the KDE Desktop. It is no problem though.
I checked xsetpointer and now the mouse is available as an option. Probably, this problem with serial mouse might be a Mandriva 2010 bug. |
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