I have a Logitec USB scroll mouse and trying to get to work on Slackware 10 with no luck. I have changed the xorg.conf file with a hundred different variations and still nothing. I know this mouse works on this machine as it was working yesterday. Unfortunately I had to reinstall due to another nightmare problem.

I tried a ps2 mouse and all it did was jitter all over the screen opening and closing programs at random.

I have USB support compiled into the kernel along with mouse support. So I'm at a loss.

Any help is appreciated.

I got it. I found a USB/PS2 connector and tried it and that solved the problem. Why my other ps2 mouse was wonky who knows.

Thx

Well that was short and sweet. The PS2 port on my machine hasn't worked properly for who knows how long, thus the need to get the USB mouse working.

I have read all the various threads on this and haven't been able to get it work.

It was working fine the other day, but I had to reinstall Slackware and now I can't get it to work. My old xord.conf file (which I saved) is below.

I'd really appreciate any help getting this going as this last week has just been one screw-up after another.

Thanks

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Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"

# On platforms where PnP mouse detection is supported the following
# protocol setting can be used when using a newer PnP mouse:

Option "Protocol" "Auto"

# The available mouse protocols types that you can set below are:
# Auto BusMouse GlidePoint GlidePointPS/2 IntelliMouse IMPS/2
# Logitech Microsoft MMHitTab MMSeries Mouseman MouseManPlusPS/2
# MouseSystems NetMousePS/2 NetScrollPS/2 OSMouse PS/2 SysMouse
# ThinkingMouse ThinkingMousePS/2 Xqueue
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"

# The mouse device. The device is normally set to /dev/mouse,
# which is usually a symbolic link to the real device.

Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
# Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS1"

# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.

# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.

# Option "BaudRate" "9600"
# Option "SampleRate" "150"

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

# Option "ChordMiddle"

# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

Stop using it as a PS/2 mouse then. Shove it into an available USB port, use the device /dev/input/mice, and get rid of the duplicate protocol definition. Auto works just fine for most USB mice, but IMPS/2 is what everything is more or less compliant with.

Also, since it's a scroll mouse, you need to add the line assuming it's a 5 button. You definitely want to have only one protocol line and use IMPS/2. Hope you can get it working!

The reason I'm posting is because I've done everything mentioned here, and tried a hundred other configurations. Nothing works. I have been at this since this afternoon steady - so you can imagine the steps I've gone through. I'm not just posting because I'm lazy.

One question though. I have USB compiled into the kernel, is this ok or would it be better as a module.

Thanks

Eureka! Use /dev/input/mice or /dev/input/mouse. /dev/mouse is a link to /dev/psaux, which is probably your problem. This is probably what it should look like:

Read it more carefully this time.

USB should "just work".

Oops *Slaps head*. Sorry, I read too quickly and had a brain cramp. Here's a snapshot into my head:
What you say:What I see:

By George, I think you've got it!