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tjallen : 06/11/02 02:48 AM : Incident created -   Hello. The DrakeX installer for version 8.2 will not recognize my USB mouse (logitech optical/wheel). My USB keyboard is recognized just fine and when I toggle through the options to configure the mouse, none of the different USB driver options work and two of them freeze my system every time. Is this a known issue, or what can I maybe do to resolve it? My system is a 1.7 Celeron with USB2 in case that matters.
jimdunn_6089 : 06/11/02 06:13 AM : Reply received -   Hello You might have more success if you do these things: [1] In the BIOS - disable plug & play [2] In the BIOS - set USB to USB1 (may be called legacy or similar) [3] At the boot screen, instead of pressing Enter to install, press escape, and at the lilo prompt which appears, type: linux noapic and press enter to continue the installation. Otherwise, if you can beg, borrow or steal a ps/2 mouse for the installation, you may just find that once your system is installed your USB mouse works fine, after you use mousedrake to configure it. the reason is that the kernel used for installation contains limited support compared to the full kernel which will be installed for usb devices. I'm also going to add the standard Mandrake text on USB mice to the end of this message in case something in there helps you :-) Hope that helps... If it solves your problem, please don't forget to close the incident :) The following entries are Mandriva Expert standard texts, added to the expert's comments: [ about ]  USB Mice If one has a USB wheelmouse, it is usually recognized and configured properly during install. This is not always the case when the mouse is a regular two-button USB mouse. The trick with this sort of mouse is to load the nodule so it won't unload, not depending on hotplug to keep it in. This is fairly simple, but since the usual symptom is NO WORKING MOUSE, then it becomes more complicated At the boot screen, hit the escape key then type linux single to get up in maintenance mode. Now use # vi /etc/rc.local [scroll down to the next to the last line] i [move the cursor past the end of the line, then hit enter] modprobe usbmouse [escape key to get out of insert mode] :wq # reboot This will assure a driver is loaded for the usbmouse and is superior to the alternative of alias mouse usbmouse in /etc/modules.conf and # ln -s /dev/mouse /dev/usbmouse Which fails for the case where one has a notebook with a builtin PS/2 mouse on /dev/psaux and also plugs in a USB mouse or a WACOM tablet from time to time. The converse problem occurs sometimes. The install kernel has a limited USB facility compared to the boot kernel, and some older motherboards do not communicate with it. The result is mouse and or keyboard failure during install. This has been observed only on Super Socket 7 Boards. The solution is a couple of PS/2 adapters during install, then switching to USB plugins afterward. This problem and solution (both of the dodges to load the usbmouse module) was observed and tested on a Mattel BARBIE computer with the Intel BP810 Chipset and a Celeron 466.
stregone : 06/11/02 06:03 PM : Reply received -   I have MDK 8.2 and a Logitech optical/wheel USB mouse. All works fine. May be your installation CDs are bad?
tjallen : 07/11/02 11:18 PM : Incident closed -

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