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T

Torro

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Running Mandrake 9.1 and i cant get my mouse to work
when i installed, i had my a MS wireless intellimouse keyboard/mouse combo attached to a trendnet 2way kvm switch
the mouse worked during installation but when it was done installing, the mouse stopped working
keyboard still worked
if i plug in a usb mouse, it will work
if i plug in a ps/2 mouse directly to the box, it doesn't work
the wireless mouse connected to the switch does not work either
any help is appreciated

thx
 
sounds like your ps2 port is messed up, it might be hardware or it might be something wrong with your linux install where its not reading the ps2 port.
 
you could install windows on the machine and see if the port works then.


edit: make sure you turn the box off and then connect the ps2 mouse and turn it back on. USB is hotswappable and ps2 isnt.
 
ran /dmesg as root and saw the following interesting notes

***********
Dectected PS/2 mouse port

....
mice: ps/2 mouse device common for all mice
usb.c: registered new driver usb_mouse
usbmouse.c: v1.6: USB HID boot protocol mouse driver
***************

The usb mouse isn't even connected right now
How do i interpret these messages?
 
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