Just want to use USB mouse with Mandrake 8.2

[KentState]

Well, I just installed Mandrake 8.2, but I can only use my old PS/2 mouse with it. My current mouse, MS IntelliMouse Wireless, will not work with it, and I really would like to use it. Has anyone figured out how to overcome this problem?

 

[n0cmonkey]

What do your config's mouse settings look like?

 

[KentState]

I should have also stayed that I'm a complete newbie to Linux, so where would I go about finding the config settings for the mouse? Are you referring to the settings in the console?

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< I should have also stayed that I'm a complete newbie to Linux, so where would I go about finding the config settings for the mouse? Are you referring to the settings in the console? >>



/etc/X11/XF86Config-4

 

[mcveigh]

http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/intellimouseexplorer.html

you can find the file in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4


edit: fix path😱

 

[KentState]

# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

# Option "ChordMiddle"

EndSection



Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.
Load "dbe"

# This loads the Video for Linux module.
Load "v4l"


# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.

SubSection "extmod"
#Option "omit xfree86-dga"
EndSubSection

# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules

Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection

The funny thing is, a regular Intellimouse will work, but not my wireless version.

 

[mcveigh]

does it not work at all? or just act weird, just a few buttons not work?

 

[KentState]

The wireless mouse only moves up and down along the y-axis and begings to become very jerky. The regular USB Intellimouse that I have works perfect, so unless I can get something to work, I will probably just downgrade and sell the wireless one.

BTW, what is causing this problem? I would think that such a basic thing like an USB mouse would work fine even during setup.

 

[mcveigh]

does this mouse work on a windows box?
I thought wireless mice feed the same signal to the port as wired ones?

 

[KentState]

I works fine when I'm running WinXP on the same box.