It also might help to connect to a console and give us some information on the hardware itself as identified by the system.
In particular running lsusb (assuming it's usb) via a terminal (ctrl + alt + f1 etc as mentioned below) or something similar might give us something on the hardware we can search. It does sound like your xorg.conf file may need to be changed to allow for a different mouse driver but it's a bit of a shot in the dark. Depending on your level of comfort, you could try moving your xorg.conf file out of /etc/X11 (say to /root temporarily) and restarting gdm by pressing ALT + SysReq + k (or rebooting). It could be your autoconfigured xorg.conf isn't playing nicely with the smartboard. Moving the config out will have Ubuntu try to autodetect the items. Only try this step is you know how to put the config back if you break X though... fixing may require booting from a live cd if things really breaks (you've been warned...). Lastly, I'd be curious to know if the smartboard works when booting a live cd with the smartboard plugged in vs plugging in the smartboard after the OS has been installed and configured (this would also rule out something with your install's environment). -- Brett Johnson On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, May 6, 2010 2:41 pm, Rubin Bennett wrote: > > This sounds very much like it’s not happy with the mouse driver in Xorg > > (since the pointer function is essentially a mouse). Have you tried > > simply switching away from the GUI screen and back again (e.g. > > <ctrl><alt><f1> and <ctrl><alt><f7>)? > > Generally speaking, most mouse woes in X went away with the advent of USB > (and, presumably, a fairly standardized mouse driver). Does the > Smartboard have a PS/2 or (*gasp*) serial connector, instead? > > -Ken > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean.
