I configured the xf86 thingy and started a desktop (tried both gnome and blackbox and fluxbox) and everything looks cool but my mouse cursor is like stuck in the upper left corner and cant be moved, when i move it it just lags sort of, what might be wrong? I have a microsoft intellimouse =/

That's usually a mouse driver problem. In your XF86config file there is a section for pointer, and in that is the name of the driver for your mouse. Intellimouse should be imps2.

slight

o...k.... so where do i get the drivers and how do I install them? (im an ultra uber mega n00b)

The drivers are already included. You just need to update the XF86config file to point to the correct driver. In your XF86config file look for a section that describes your mouse. There will be a line that says 'driver=something'. Change that line to read imps2.

Step by step (as root):

cd to your /etc/X11/

vi XF86config

scroll down, until you see the line about the mouse. type 'i'. This puts you in insert mode. You can now edit the file. change the name of the driver to imps2. Now hit the esc key. You are now out of insert mode. Type :wq! (include the colon).

all set.

slight

if you can't work with vi.. do the same thing you did before to configure your xf86 thingy and then choose imps2 for your mouse pointer

I chose ps2 mouse in that config, i tried auto, ps2 and intellimouse and microsoft mouse, all ending up with the same problem =/

as slightcrazed said: use "imps2" (as in intelli mouse ps/2)

Try this line (make sure all other "Protocol" options are commented out in the mouse section): And if its a wheel mouse, you can add this option:

AFAIK, the driver should be "mouse", while the _Protocol_ should be IMPS/2 for a PS/2 Intellimouse. Check out the Mouse Support in XFree86 documentation, particularly the sections 5, 6, and 7.


---thegeekster

Sorry, I was going from memory. Your right, protocol should be imps/2

slight

Sorry, started post in wrong forum.

I do also have mouse problems: two of them. When I run kernel 2.4.10, the mouse works in bash but not in X: it runs to the upper right corner at the first move and stays there.
And running kernel 2.6.16.4, it does nothing at all, though I configured the kernel to work with serial mouse.

My mouse is a serial 2-button one.

Can anybody help?

Try running mouseconfig.

And then reopened.