Alastair Scott wrote: > On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 23:46, Felix Miata wrote: > > I first reported this Mon, 09 Sep 2002 21:34:28 -0400 here on cooker and > > got no response. The same thing herein described happened after > > reinstalling 9.0RC2 two more times, and now again with 9.0RC3. IIRC, > > this also happened in betas 2 and 3, but I didn't report it until the > > 9th.
> > Mouse works in installer. > > Mouse works in X in first boot. > > Mouse dead in all boots after first boot. > > I have no idea how to get mouse back without installing. Mouse is > > Logitech optical USB wheel mouse on PS/2 adapter, which worked perfectly > > using 8.2 (and all 9.0 first boots) and still does using OS/2. > The strangest thing about this is that I have exactly the same mouse, > exactly the same adapter, exactly the same build (RC3 installed with / > reformatted) and no problems! > Suggestion I (clutching at straws) - do you use serial and parallel > ports? I don't - everything is USB apart from keyboard and mouse - so > turned them off, plus the unused onboard Ethernet connection, in the > BIOS and doing so seemed to get rid of a few minor glitches. I'm going to reinstall RC3 here shortly and will disable both USB and serial ports first. If the mouse survives multiple boots, then I'll try enabling the ports and restarting at least once before installing 9.0 final. > Suggestion II (ditto) - turn off gpm. How about uninstalling it? I never use a mouse in a vc. What do I need gpm for? > A no-no, in some circumstances, appears to be changing the mouse > connection (from USB to PS/2 or vice versa) when a build is active. > This, in RC2, led to effects reported by me earlier (harddrake > continually finding a "new" mouse, switching between /dev/psaux and > /dev/usbmouse on alternate boots). Because of this, I'm thinking out loud here, in case anyone with the expertise to possibly troubleshoot or fix this problem is listening. I have broadband, so my standard connection to the net is eth0 to the router. However, I also have an external modem connected to /dev/ttyS0, but that only shows up when the modem is powered on. I try to keep the modem powered off except when actually in use, but my memory isn't that good. I could easily have had it on during install and off after first boot, or vice versa. Maybe whatever (harddrake?) is causing the usbmouse problems for others is at work here. -- ". . . . in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you . . . ." Matthew 7:12 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/
