USB mouse doesn't work

The Real Bev · 12-12-2010, 08:09 PM

Slackware 12.x, xorg.conf, fvwm95, generic 3-button scrollmice, both known to be working. USB ports work for various other USB devices -- card readers, portable drives, etc.

I can't get behind my machine to disconnect my ps2 mouse (long story -- ps2 mouse was removed once, but USB mouse still didn't work), but I'd like to add a (wireless, if possible, but not necessary) USB mouse. I've been reading and following suggestions in appropriate groups/forums (including this one) for maybe 5 hours now, but I can't get the USB mouse to actually work, although the ps2 mouse continues to work fine. Mouseconfig does absolutely nothing -- literally.

I would be satisfied if I could use a USB mouse only, as long as I can leave the ps2 mouse connected but disabled in some magical way.

I've run out of ideas, maybe I can use yours!

Here are what I believe to be the relevant sections of my xorg.conf and other possibly useful stuff:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

bb:/etc/X11>lsusb
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 047d:102c Kensington Iridio ;which is correct

cat /dev/input/mice (and dev/input/mouse0) yield the appropriate garbage when I move my ps2 mouse, but nothing at all when I move the usb mouse. All other mouse-type entries yield a 'No such device' message. /dev/mouse is a symlink to /dev/input/mice.

lshw yields:
*-usb UNCLAIMED
description: Mouse
product: Iridio
vendor: Kensington
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@2:2
version: 1.20
capabilities: usb-2.00
configuration: maxpower=100mA speed=1.5MB/s

Thanks,
Bev

ubyt3m3 · 12-12-2010, 08:29 PM

Code:

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

This is mine. You can try adding Protocol option and change the Device option to /dev/psaux and see if that works...

-gibb

The Real Bev · 12-12-2010, 09:25 PM

Wow, thanks, that was fast!

I replaced mine with yours. No change. PS2 works fine, USB invisible except to lsusb and lshw.

If it doesn't seem to work after saving the file I just click 'restart fvwm95'. If that doesn't work, I exit completely from x and restart. If that doesn't work, I reboot. At what point SHOULD changes take effect?

Richard Cranium · 12-12-2010, 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ubyt3m3

Code:

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

This is mine. You can try adding Protocol option and change the Device option to /dev/psaux and see if that works...

-gibb

(raises eyebrows)

You have a usb mouse bound to /dev/psaux?

The Real Bev · 12-13-2010, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Cranium

(raises eyebrows)

You have a usb mouse bound to /dev/psaux?

He does, not me. No difference between results of mine and his.

I tried booting with Knoppix. USB mouse didn't even light up.

catkin · 12-13-2010, 12:31 AM

Is it possible, have you tried, disabling the PS2 mouse in the BIOS?

H_TeXMeX_H · 12-13-2010, 03:08 AM

Try using the 'evdev' driver, I don't remember how to add this to xorg.conf, but I think this old post may work (since you are running 12.0):
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...6/#post2768906
Also the link on there is wrong (old gentoo wiki went down, but is still here):
http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_Advanced_Mouse

Richard Cranium · 12-13-2010, 07:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Real Bev

He does, not me.

Actually, I rather doubt that he does. My reply to him was to find out.

The Real Bev · 12-13-2010, 08:37 PM

Other problems with the machine have arisen, and this one has dropped WAY down in priority. Tried booting with Knoppix 5.0, and it didn't see the USB mouse either.

Apparently the BIOS (ASUS P5W DH Deluxe motherboard, BIOS #1901) won't talk to any kernel newer than 2.6.24, so updating that (later) might also result in USB mouse recognition.

I wonder if mice fly as well as pigs...