slackware mouse problem

digitman · 04-23-2006, 02:17 AM

Hi I have tried to install slackware 10.2 on my computer which is an AMD64-type system and when it was all finished I had no mouse .
I tried messing with the xorg.conf file but nothing .
I dont know what to do ? here is a list of my hardware,
amd64 processor, ati-pci-express x-300 video card, Nvidia -sli shipset on the motherboard. seagate sata 80 gig haddrive, dualchannel 512 ram.
please advise me what I might be doing wrong
thanks in advance.
digitman

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Alien_Hominid · 04-23-2006, 02:26 AM

What's your mouse type?

digitman · 04-23-2006, 02:49 AM

mouse type is PS2 .

Alien_Hominid · 04-23-2006, 03:08 AM

Firstly run xorgconfig and answer to questions correctly. Restart X server. If mouse still doesn't work, than you will need to open /etc/X11/xorg.conf and look at these lines:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/mouse"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" #this makes the wheel work
EndSection

-=Graz=- · 04-23-2006, 06:32 AM

ALien_Hominid, i have a USB wireless mouse and also a built in synaptics touchpad (laptop).
The mouse works fine when pluggd in and when i unplug i can use the touchpad fine (except for the tap feature) - you can tap the pad twice to act as double click...
Do you know how to enable this?
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Do i need to make another entry for 'pointer' or something?

** Actually, the tap does in fact work as double click - but i cannot do a 'drap/drop' type movement with it..