Serial Microsoft mouse not working with Mandriva 2010
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[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!
Last edited by Slackervaara; 11-18-2009 at 03:01 AM.
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.
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)
NAME
xsetpointer - set an X Input device as the main pointer
SYNOPSIS
xsetpointer -l | device-name
DESCRIPTION
Xsetpointer sets an XInput device as the main pointer. When called with the
-l flag it lists the available devices. When called with the -c/+c flag, it
toggles the sending of core input events, for servers which implement a vir‐
tual core pointer; -c disables core events, and +c enables.
AUTHOR
Frederic Lepied
X Version 11 xsetpointer 1.0.1 xsetpointer(1)
you may need root access to change that.
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
and
Code:
man X
Also have you tried unplugging the mouse, wait one, the plug it back in?
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.
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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