Changing mouse type

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mervc : 07/12/01 04:45 AM : Incident created -   I want to change from the 3 button ps/2 mouse to a new USB wheel mouse The Users Guide isn't much help. If I change the mouse and boot, it isn't recognised. If both are installed at bootup, Harddrak doesn't find the USB mouse when I select it. It is a Microsoft Trackball Optical LVM, which I did get to work in SuSE 7.3 but the wheel doesn't work yet. I think I have to add the button lines to the Mouse section of XF86Config. Is there a Utility to configure the mouse that I can run from a Terminal Window before X starts? I don't want to run Xconfigurator and lose the only correct window dimensions in 4 distros that are installed. I should be using XFree86 4, and the mouse device in its config file is /dev/usbmouse. But only the PS/2 mouse works. So maybe I am in Ver 3. If so why? How would I change? The software manager doesn't tell me which XF86 is installed. All distros still have a long way to go it appears. Isn't Kudzu supposed to find new Hardware on Booting. I see it is running. What started as a simple question has become several and a gripe. Sorry. Merv
Linegod_7611 : 07/12/01 05:14 AM : Reply received -   Go to 'K/Configuration/Other/Mandrake Control Center' and then 'System/Services' and make sure USB is set to enabled at boot. Reboot with the USB mouse and see if it detects it. If it does not, press 'CTRL-ALT-F1' to drop to a console, log in as root and run 'mousedrake' to configure your mouse. After you configure it, log out of the console (exit) and press 'ALT-F7' to switch back to the GUI. Use the dropdown box to restart X, and your mouse should work.
mervc : 07/12/01 05:38 AM : More info provided -   WoW 30 Min service, fantastic. I did it differently but mousedrake was the key and the new mouse is working along with its wheel. We are ahead of SuSE. Many thanks 10 rating Merv
mervc : 07/12/01 02:03 PM : Incident closed -

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