In Mandrake the mouse config file is in /etc/sysconfig and yes, I've had Kudzu AND linuxconfig mess this one up...I've had to go in manually from the command line and fix the config file myself to get it to work again. I suggest once you do get it working, do what I did and make a separate file witht he config settings in it so you can refer to it when something like this happens...
As an example mine is: MOUSETYPE=ms3 XMOUSETYPE=IntelliMouse FULLNAME="serial|Microsoft IntelliMouse" XEMU3=no WHEEL=yes device=ttyS0 To setup mouse manually from command line I have to: Go into /etc/sysconfig where mouse config file is stored then type vim mouse and manually modify contents ie. for MS Intellimouse (hit insert key to be able to modify text lines) Hope this helps... Regards, Jason Christopher Sawtell wrote: > stringer wrote: > >> At 10:03 12/06/02 +1200, you wrote: >> >>> stringer wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Please excuse this question if the answer is obvious. >>> >>> >>> Try wiggling the plug. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> -- >>> Carl Cerecke, Assistant Lecturer|email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> Carl, and the group, >> >> I tried that at the time. >> >> 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 >> >> If all else fails, I shall reformat and re-install, but that's a M$ >> solution, not the right one!! > > > Taking a stab in the dark, I suspect that when you installed the new > monitor, GNU/Linux realised on a subsequent re-boot that that had > happened and tried to reconfigure the X-Window server, but failed. It > found PS/2 hardware and assumed incorrectly that you have a PS/2 mouse. > > You might like to check: > 1) that the link /dev/mouse points at the correct device. It probably > does because the buttons work. > 2) that the mouse protocol mentioned in the X-Window server config > file is correct. The config file can reside in various places, and I'm > sorry I forget exactly where in RH-6.2. Try /etc/X11/XF86Config . In > there you will find some lines similar to these:- > > Section "Pointer" > Protocol "PS/2" > Device "/dev/psaux" > Emulate3Buttons > Emulate3Timeout 50 > > # ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice > > # ChordMiddle > > EndSection > > > Change the Protocol and Mouse lines to what they should be, and > re-start the X-Window server. > > > For the gory details refer to:- > > http://www.xfree86.org/current/mouse4.html#20 > > > btw, the program which does all this nonsense is called linuxconf, > it's wonderful when it works, but at all other times it's a total and > complete PITA. After due consideration you might care to remove it. > > All care, no responsibility. :-) > > -- > Sincerely etc., > Christopher Sawtell. > > > >
