mouse trouble

citrus · 01-21-2004, 05:39 PM

hey i was setting up slackware for the first time last night everything went well except i picked the wrong mouse during setup

i have a comport/serial mouse and i selected ps/2 intelli

how can i change this so my mouse works with kde and everything

i just formated from mandrake to check out slackware

so i have no idea the proggies or anyything in slack ware

thanks for you help

fancypiper · 01-21-2004, 06:30 PM

Run one of the x configuring tools or hand edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config (or /etc/X11/XF86Config-4) file.

# Configuring X
Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO - video cards
The Linux XFree86 HOWTO
Configuring XFree86 for a Non-Specific Linux Distribution
Common X configuring tools:
XF86Setup
XFree86 -configure
Xconfigurator
xf86cfg
xf86config
xconf

citrus · 01-25-2004, 08:53 AM

when i go into /usr/X11R6/ i can run xf86config yeah but it screws with my resolution
well i just got a p/s mouse with scroll and yeah i used that config and had to re do my monitor and video card but it works

but i can't scroll

any help?

citrus · 01-25-2004, 08:55 AM

can't get scroll to work i mean everything else works about it
but i hate using that config cuz its really hard to work around things in 20x20 resolution