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Evileye l33t
Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 782 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:59 am Post subject: Mouse problems 2005.0 (SOLVED) |
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I just installed the newly released gentoo 2005.0 and my question is how do I get my usb mouse to work.
Last edited by Evileye on Sat Apr 09, 2005 4:21 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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i92guboj Bodhisattva
Joined: 30 Nov 2004 Posts: 10315 Location: Córdoba (Spain)
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:49 am Post subject: |
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Does 'dmesg | grep mouse' report anything? |
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Evileye l33t
Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 782 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | penguin root # dmesg | grep mouse
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice |
I've tried the following in my xorg config file
/dev/input/mice
/dev/mouse
/dev/usbmouse
/dev/usb/mouse
but none of them work |
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5a\/ag3 Apprentice
Joined: 08 Aug 2003 Posts: 175 Location: Spruce Grove Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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If you have an Intellimouse or a M$ mouse try /dev/psaux in your xorgconfig _________________ Yeah... I got nothin for this field! |
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Evileye l33t
Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 782 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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I have a basic usb logitech mouse, 2 buttons plus scroll wheel. |
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ekpyrotic n00b
Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 52
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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Have you tried /dev/mice ? |
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heon2574 n00b
Joined: 12 Feb 2005 Posts: 4
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Kernel 2.6.11.5. I used to have a problem with the usb mouse but not anymore. The mouse (USB MS Intellimouse) would light up at system boot but would turn off during linux boot so I recompiled the kernel. I'm not exactly sure what I added in but here's my stuff I compiled into the kernel (no modules):
Device Drivers >USB Support
- Support for Host-side USB
- --> USB device filesystem
- EHCI HCD (USB 2.0) support
- OHCI HCD support
- UHCI HCD (most Intel and VIA) support
- SL811HS HCD support
- USB Human Interface Device (full HID) support
- --> HID input layer support
/edit I'm using /dev/input/mice. _________________ Athlon XP 2200+ | 512 DDR | WD 160GB | Radeon 9800 Pro | PCTV tuner
Compaq Presario R3000 | Athlon XP-M 2800+ | 256MB DDR RAM | Broadcom 54g WLAN | Geforce4 MX 420 Go 32M | 40GB 4200 rpm HD | 15.4" Widescreen WXGA | 8X DVDROM |
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i92guboj Bodhisattva
Joined: 30 Nov 2004 Posts: 10315 Location: Córdoba (Spain)
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:09 pm Post subject: |
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Plz, report 'dmesg | grep mouse' as i stated above, so we can see if your kernel detected your mouse. If it did then the problem is related to xorg, if it didn't then you should top looking into xorg.conf and start to look into your kernel config. |
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Evileye l33t
Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 782 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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I did report it, scroll up |
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i92guboj Bodhisattva
Joined: 30 Nov 2004 Posts: 10315 Location: Córdoba (Spain)
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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Oh! Sorry, did not see the little quote. Try compiling kernel with psaux legacy support and then try /dev/psaux, to see if this works. As protocol ImPS/2 should work, I believe, but not sure. |
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Unther Apprentice
Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 163
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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Post the input device section of your xorg.conf,
and that is all the demsg | grep mouse will return (I just checked) |
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Maedhros Bodhisattva
Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 5511 Location: Durham, UK
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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Moved from Installing Gentoo - as far as I can tell this is an X.org issue. If not, I'm quite willing to move it somewhere else. _________________ No-one's more important than the earthworm. |
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ShadowFox n00b
Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 5
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe try /dev/input/mouse0 it worked for me. |
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HOHCEHC n00b
Joined: 10 May 2004 Posts: 32
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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try and move your mouse if you see garbage on the screen this means mouse is working properly if not try another something like Code: | cat /dev/input/mice | and , etc. |
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Dementoric n00b
Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 20
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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Did you change "auto" to "IMPS/2" ? |
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Jimmers Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 145
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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:01 am Post subject: |
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I had this same problem, and I fixed it by modularizing "Device Drivers >> Input device support >> PS/2 mouse". The module is not loaded, I don't know if that makes a difference or not (excuse my n00bish-ness). Kernel is 2.6.9-r14. The applicable section of my xorg.conf:
Quote: | Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" |
Also, if a thing is compiled as a module, but the module is not loaded and everything works well, and I never plan on using the module, can I safely remove the thing from my kernel entirely? Or does the module do stuff even when it is not loaded? |
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Evileye l33t
Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 782 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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I've tried all these solutions, but none of them work. The mouse doesn't work in xorg or gpm.
I am using kernel 2.6.11.5 |
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Unther Apprentice
Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 163
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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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try
See if the kernel is finding the usb mouse. |
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Evileye l33t
Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 782 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:15 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | penguin root # dmesg | grep usb
usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new driver hub
usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver
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Unther Apprentice
Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 163
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Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 1:30 am Post subject: |
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That means the kernel isn't finding the mouse.
see what you get from Code: | grep Mouse /proc/bus/usb/devices |
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Evileye l33t
Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 782 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 2:30 am Post subject: |
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Code: | grep Mouse /proc/bus/usb/devices |
I get nothing from this |
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falcon_001 n00b
Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Posts: 13 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 4:15 am Post subject: |
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I have a similar problem. When I start X with startx, the cursor doesn't move. But if I switch to a console with Ctrl-Alt-F1 and then come back to X with Ctrl-Alt-F7, the mouse is working for a few seconds then freeze. gpm is working fine. My keyboard scroll wheel is working fine all the time.
I got this problem with kernel 2.6.11.3 and the 2.6.11.6. But everything is fine with 2.6.10. I use Xorg 6.8.2-r1. I tried with device /dev/input/mice and /dev/input/mouse0, same problem.
My mouse is a Logitech Wheelmouse (USB and optical). My keyboard is a Logitech Navigator. Both devices are plugged on USB.
For now, I will stick with kernel 2.6.10. |
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Unther Apprentice
Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 163
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Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:01 am Post subject: |
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EvilEye, the USB bus isn't reporting your mouse to the kernel.
What system are you on? |
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Evileye l33t
Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 782 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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What do you mean by what system am I on? |
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Unther Apprentice
Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 163
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Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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I know some DELL systems provide a BIOS option to report a USB mouse, and keyboard to the kernel as PS/2. Such an approach might be easier (if less satisfying). |
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