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tapstratton : 23/11/01 10:58 PM : Incident created -   When I boot into mandrake, my mouse works fine (microsoft intellimouse optical). However, if I log out, the mouse will no longer work unless I reboot the machine. I am new to linux and have no idea how to troubleshoot this issue.
Linegod_7611 : 24/11/01 08:07 AM : Reply received -   Try disabling 'gpm' and see if it clears up the problem - open a console and login as root (type 'su') and then run 'drakxservices'. If this does not help you can also try reconfiguring your mouse with 'mousedrake'.
tapstratton : 25/11/01 04:26 PM : Incident closed -

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