I am wondering if running one of the X config tools such as xf86config and resetting up the mouse as part of that would sort out your problem.
But I am certainly no expert on such matters, but thats my 2cents worth anyway. regards, Nick Elder On Wednesday 12 June 2002 1:50 pm, Carl Cerecke wrote: > stringer wrote: > > The point is that it still works ok under windows, so the plug isn't the > > problem. > > ALSO the buttons work fine under Linux, its just that the pointer won't > > move across the screen in either direction. That's to say that the > > pointer 'flinches' as expected when I left click, and the screen menu > > appears when I right click. > > Never had the problem before. > > > > Oh, I should have mentioned: > > Red Hat 6.2, two button serial mouse > > You may be using the incorrect mouse driver. My 3 button serial mouse > uses the MouseSystems driver. If I select an incorrect driver on > install it goes haywire when I move the mouse, or doesn't work at all. > Haven't ever come across buttons working but no movement though. > > Cheers,
