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Olivier_FAURAX_6403 : 25/05/05 09:51 AM : Incident created -   Hello, I've a laptop, with a touchpad and an USB mouse that was working properly. But now, when i plug me mouse, the cursor doesn't move. I tried to configure with mousedrake but it doesn't change anything. However, i can see this in /var/log/messages : May 25 10:31:56 pcp-faurax kernel: usb 3-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4 May 25 10:31:56 pcp-faurax kernel: input: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [Cypress Sem Cypress USB Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-1 May 25 10:31:56 pcp-faurax hal.hotplug[17935]: DEVPATH is not set Moreover, I tried : cat /dev/mouse This print some characters when I move the USB mouse. So the mouse is well recognized, but isn't well configured. I suspect the problem to be X related, but I don't know how to configure it without mousedrake Thanks for replying
tensor : 25/08/05 06:23 PM : Reply received -   A typical xorg.conf mouse config is like the following Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection And also a line like the following on the ServerLayout section InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" look if into /etc/X11/xorg.conf you can find something like that. On some systems you must use "/dev/mice" instead of "/dev/mouse" If you run the harddrake service at boot, you mouse should be plugged in when you start the computer, or harddrake will remove the entry from xorg.conf and you mouse will not work without a reboot. The standard mdk help text on usb mices follows: 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.
Olivier_FAURAX_6403 : 28/04/06 08:13 PM : Incident closed -

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