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Kin

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From: Oberfranken / Europe

Registered: 2004-01-23

Posts: 137

No mouse Please help

Hi,

I tried everything to get my mouse working:
/dev/ttyS0 - 4
/dev/misc/mice
/dev/psaux ...
and much more. I tried with my PS/2 an even with my old seriell mouse on my two different seriellports.

I wrote it in my xf86config, but  the mouse doesn´t move. It is shown on the X desktop, but I can´t move it. Nothing. When I used a wrong /dev/... X said that it didn´t find any core device and quits.

X -configure doesn´t detect it.
xf86cfg startx X ,  shows the mouse pointer, but I can´t move it.

I tried Amlug and arch 0.5 with standard kernel from CD.

My config
Athlon XP 1600 with Asus A7A266-E. The chipset is supported

Can anyone please tell me what I am doing wrong ?

thanks

Kin

rberry88

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From: Arlington Heights, IL USA

Registered: 2004-01-07

Posts: 53

Re: No mouse Please help

Did you try /dev/IMPS2 ??

rberry88

sarah31

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From: Middle of Canada

Registered: 2002-08-20

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Re: No mouse Please help

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option      "Buttons" "3"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

that is what i have in my config file. i have a ps2 twobutton optical scroll mouse.

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Kin

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From: Oberfranken / Europe

Registered: 2004-01-23

Posts: 137

Re: No mouse Please help

Hi,

/dev/IMPS2 doesn´t exist.
I also tried /dev/input/mouse0 and /dev/input/mice => don´t work

I´ll try your config, sarah31

Kin

Kin

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From: Oberfranken / Europe

Registered: 2004-01-23

Posts: 137

Re: No mouse Please help

HI,
It doesn't work either :-(

I'm just browsing with lynx :-)

Have you some more hints ?
Is there a tool which is able to detect my mouse ?
So, search all ports and determin which is the right one ?

Kin

Dusty

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From: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Registered: 2004-01-18

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Re: No mouse Please help

Did you check /val/log/XFree86.0.log for error messages that might help find the problem?

Dusty

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Kin

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From: Oberfranken / Europe

Registered: 2004-01-23

Posts: 137

Re: No mouse Please help

Hi,

there is no problem according to that logfile
Can you please tell me your configs for your PS/2 mice, please ?

The problem is, that the mouse, the " + " is shown in the middle of the screen, but I can't move it :-(

Kin

dariball

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From: Germany - Frankfurt

Registered: 2002-10-20

Posts: 118

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Re: No mouse Please help

the configuration sarah31 send you should work without problems:
here is a little autodetect.....:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "auto"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        #Option      "Buttons" "3"
        #Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" 

this will autoprobe your mouse protocol (indeed it's IMPS/2 for all PS/2 mouses afaik, but it's worth a try), i've commented out the buttons lines, maybe they don't like your mouse....
then u should check wheather your /dev/psaux device exists.
also check if in your "ServerLayout" Section in your XF86Config this line exists:

 InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"

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Kin

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From: Oberfranken / Europe

Registered: 2004-01-23

Posts: 137

Re: No mouse Please help

Hi,

I´ll try it.

I used the "arch-0.591-kernel26-base-pjm.iso" to install the system.
So I have kernel 2.6.0
Has this kernel problems with devfsd ?
Do I have to change something in the /etc/devfsd.conf ?

/dev/psaux and /dev/mice/psaux exist

According to dmesg, my mouse is at isa0060/serio1
I can´t find that device.

Kin

Kin

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From: Oberfranken / Europe

Registered: 2004-01-23

Posts: 137

Re: No mouse Please help

Hi,

I compiled a new 2.4.24 kernel for me. now it works :-)

Thanks for your help

kin