PS2 mouse stops working

Martillo1 · 2004-10-22 14:51:20

Hi, I recently purchased a Logitech Cordless Pilot Optical Mouse. It is an usb mouse and the RF unit has an adapter to ps2 port wich I use to connect it to the machine. The first time I plugged it it worked flawlessly even not unplugging my old usb mouse. I did not have to change xorg.conf either.

I had the machine on for three days and updated udev and more things (installed KDE as well) and yesterday powered it down (had to work overnight away from home). Well, the new mouse does not work anymore. It works in Windows 2K, so it is not a hardware problem.

Any ideas? Thanks

xerxes2 · 2004-10-22 14:55:56

have you tried it in usb?

it could be that ps/2 mouse should be /dev/psaux in xorg.conf

Martillo1 · 2004-10-22 15:15:43

Thanks, I was going to try that next, but I reinstalled udev and that solved the problem (for now).

edit: but I had to reboot the machine, and I would have liked to solve it without doing it. I hate rebooting to solve problems although it fixes lots of things.

xerxes2 · 2004-10-22 20:41:53

good for you

there is a wiki page on udev that tells you which files do what and also how to stop and start udev,

phrakture · 2004-10-22 22:00:34

yeah on my setup, udev combines the usb mouse and psaux on /dev/input/mice.... so one setup works for both... still have to get that damned touchpad working... arg

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#1 2004-10-22 14:51:20

PS2 mouse stops working

#2 2004-10-22 14:55:56

Re: PS2 mouse stops working

#3 2004-10-22 15:15:43

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#4 2004-10-22 20:41:53

Re: PS2 mouse stops working

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