Mouse Not Working

Cirdan · 03-12-2006, 11:38 AM

I installed Slackware twice already. First time I selected PS2 mouse, and that didn't work. So I re-installed it again and selected Intellimouse(I have the Intellimouse) but for some reason my mouse still isn't working. It is pluged into a USB port. Any Ideas?

ryanoa · 03-12-2006, 12:15 PM

To get my usb mouse to work I had to edit xorg.conf

Find the section where your mouse is listed and change:
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
to read:
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

This worked for me. Hope it helps

lestoil · 03-12-2006, 12:30 PM

For my Intellimouse with IntelliEye usb with 2 buttons and scroll wheel I used in/etc/X11/xorg.conf
#Section "InputDevice"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
IMPS/2 in place of Auto should work too; and having chosen usb mouse during install would have served as well. If your mouse has more buttons and scrolls search this forum under your mouse model. Use SW FAQs and "This is how I do it all" at top of forum. Remember SW requires "homework". Good luck.

gbonvehi · 03-12-2006, 01:32 PM

Cirdan, there's no need to reinstall just to choose de mouse type. Does it work on console?
What kernel are you installing to disk?

Cirdan · 03-12-2006, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ryanoa

To get my usb mouse to work I had to edit xorg.conf

Find the section where your mouse is listed and change:
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
to read:
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

This worked for me. Hope it helps

That worked! But my scroller and my two back and forth buttons on the side don't work. Any ideas about that?

ryanoa · 03-14-2006, 09:46 PM

Not sure about the back and forward buttons, but to get the wheel working you should have this line under your mouse section in xorg.conf:

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

---------Edit--------
Check this out for the side buttons
http://dotnet.org.za/matt/articles/39097.aspx