how to change mouse in RedHat Linux9 - solved 9/12

[Cooky]

Have RedHat Linux9 installed.
I have a 3 botton scrolling mouse but it's working as a 2 botton so I went into the mouse configuration and changed it to match the exact model and make (MS IntelliMouse). After I clicked OK, everything went to hell: the cursor is always painted at the corner and wouldn't go anywhere else. I somehow managed to get the mouse configuration window open again by using keyboard but the original setting (generic mouse) cannot be selected w/o being highlighted. I keep pressing the Enger key but it wouldn't work.

I'm now in the command line mode. Could someone please tell me what to do??
Thanks,

 

[cleverhandle]

Edit /etc/X11/XF86Config with a text editor (vi, emacs, etc.) and change the mouse protocol to IMPS/2. You would think that the GUI utility would get that right, but I've seen it mess that up on numerous occasions.

 

[Cooky]

Worked!!! Thanks a lot.
Strange thing is after I got back to the GUI interface, the mouse setting is something else...

 

[sciencewhiz]

You can get to a command line equivilant of the gui app by running redhat-config-mouse

 

[cleverhandle]

Originally posted by: sciencewhiz
You can get to a command line equivilant of the gui app by running redhat-config-mouse

But the problem is that the app, in text or GUI mode, is not very smart when it comes to configuring Intellimice - it always uses "Auto" which doesn't work properly for run-of-the-mill MS wheel mice.

But as you say, in general you can use command-line versions of all the Red Hat config tools - the tool will detect whether or not $DISPLAY is set and behave appropriately. Also, all the tools start with "redhat-config-", so typing that and a tab for completion is a nice, quick way to see what config tools are available on the system.

edit: clarity