Switch from ps2 to usb mouse

infornography · 07-11-2006, 05:08 AM

Hi,

I have just installed Slackware on my machine, but like an idiot I chose a ps2 mouse, forgetting that I recently got a USB one instead. How can I change it so my mouse actually works?

I tried booting a live CD and changing stuff from the xorg file (setting it to IM/PS2) and the like but the mouse still doesnt move.

Thanks.

mixtr · 07-11-2006, 05:13 AM

Sounds more like a usb issue than a mouse issue. I have both and it makes no difference in X, it is the same setting for both. I have only one mouse in my xorg file and both mice work. Try lsusb to see if your mouse is there.

infornography · 07-11-2006, 05:40 AM

It isn't there.

mixtr · 07-11-2006, 03:51 PM

Do you only have one output from lsusb or many? I ask because I remember a problem I had with usb which turn out to be the wrong usb driver (OHCI, EHCI..). If you only have one or two you have the wrong driver.