USB Mouse Problem *not typcial* - Please Help

dem1an · n00b Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 28

first of all, i've had my mouse working properly. even down to using the wheel to scroll.

trouble in paradise: i upgraded my system source to 2.4.19-gentoo-r5 and my profile to default-1.0-gcc3. i had to use gcc3 since i use open office. in this process, i had to reemerge -e everything. as a result, i am now able to boot to kde but my mouse doesn't move and there are no errors to lead me to the problem.

mousedev, input, usbcore, hid, usb-uhci load like normal. my modules.autoload hasnt changed. i've recompiled my kernel - everything for that matter. XF86Config hasn't changed. XFree86.0.log is error free. lsmod shows everything loaded. cat /proc/bus/usb/devices lists my Microsoft wireless Intellimouse Explorer as it should.

what else should i check? i'm at a loss and unable to use my gentoo system again. =\ please, any advice would be sorely welcome.

mb · Guru Joined: 25 Apr 2002 Posts: 355 Location: Hessen | .de

[long shot]
are you using /dev/mouse or so ??
check if /dev/input/mouse0 is available.. maybe you overwrote your devfsd.conf ??
[/long shot]

#mb

Guest · Posted: Wed May 15, 2002 7:38 am Post subject:

Here is my XFree86Config section for the mouse, you might want to try setting it as so:

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/usbmouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

dem1an · n00b Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 28

perhaps you can expound on the devfsd.conf. a /dev/input/mice file does exist and /dev/mouse is symlinked to /misc/psaux. does this need to linked to /input/mice? any other comments appreciated.

in devfsd.conf i see:

#Manage USB mouse
REGISTER ^input/mouse0$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink $devname usb mouse
UNREGISTER ^input/mouse0$ CFUNCTIONGLOBAL unlink usbmouse
REGISTER ^input/mice$ CFUNCTION GLOBAL mksymlink $devname usb mouse
UNREGISTER ^input/mice$ CFUNCTIONGLOBAL unlink usbmouse

in my XF86Config (which worked at one point for my wireless USB M$ mouse):
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Buttons" "7"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"

tomte · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 122

dem1an · n00b Joined: 14 May 2002 Posts: 28

mice is the only item under input...

mb · Guru Joined: 25 Apr 2002 Posts: 355 Location: Hessen | .de

hmm.. check out some other threads.. there are dealing with similar problems.. ihmo all the usb stuff has to be compiled into the kernel in order to work on some systems

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=1955&highlight=

#mb

Guest · Posted: Thu May 16, 2002 8:34 am Post subject:

Did you try the XF86config adjustments I listed? That is the only way I could get my mouse to work. Give it a try you dont have anything to lose.