mouse not working?

[hurleyint1386]

so after quite a while of work to get x to start, it finally did, but now the mouse isn't working. i thought that it was because i had a wireless mouse and it wasn't connecting with each other. but when i tried another usb mouse, it still didnt work. i've tried editing xorg.conf a few times, but no luck. does it matter usb / ps/2? i finally got x up and running and would like to use a mouse! please help! (by the way, i'm not the most savvy linux user, so please explain things thoroughly)

[bryansmith]

Have you tried different devices? Most distro's use /dev/mouse but for example, Arch uses /dev/input/mice

Bryan

[hurleyint1386]

Have you tried different devices? Most distro's use /dev/mouse but for example, Arch uses /dev/input/mice

Bryan

i originally tried a wireless usb mouse, then i plugged in a regular usb mouse, and no luck. here's the xorg.conf file:

# **********************************************************************
# Files section.  This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.

    RgbPath   "/usr/share/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)

    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/local"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/CID"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"

# ModulePath can be used to set a search path for the X server modules.
# The default path is shown here.

#    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Module section -- this is an optional section which is used to specify
# which run-time loadable modules to load when the X server starts up.
# **********************************************************************

Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

    # Load   "drj"
   Load    "glx"

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.

    SubSection   "extmod"
   Option   "omit xfree86-dga"
    EndSubSection

# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules

    Load   "type1"
    Load   "freetype"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.  This contains various server-wide Options.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received.  This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging

#    Option   "NoTrapSignals"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><Fn> VT switch sequence
# (where n is 1 through 12).  This allows clients to receive these key
# events.

#    Option   "DontVTSwitch"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.

#    Option   "DontZap"

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching
# sequences.  This allows clients to receive these key events.

#    Option   "DontZoom"

# Uncomment this to disable tuning with the xvidtune client. With
# it the client can still run and fetch card and monitor attributes,
# but it will not be allowed to change them. If it tries it will
# receive a protocol error.

#    Option   "DisableVidModeExtension"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local xvidtune client.

#    Option   "AllowNonLocalXvidtune"

# Uncomment this to disable dynamically modifying the input device
# (mouse and keyboard) settings.

#    Option   "DisableModInDev"

# Uncomment this to enable the use of a non-local client to
# change the keyboard or mouse settings (currently only xset).

#    Option   "AllowNonLocalModInDev"

# Set the basic blanking screen saver timeout.

    Option   "blank time"   "10"   # 10 minutes

# Set the DPMS timeouts.  These are set here because they are global
# rather than screen-specific.  These settings alone don't enable DPMS.
# It is enabled per-screen (or per-monitor), and even then only when
# the driver supports it.

    Option   "standby time"   "20"
    Option   "suspend time"   "30"
    Option   "off time"   "60"

# On some platform the server needs to estimate the sizes of PCI
# memory and pio ranges. This is done by assuming that PCI ranges
# don't overlap. Some broken BIOSes tend to set ranges of inactive
# devices wrong. Here one can adjust how aggressive the assumptions
# should be. Default is 0.

# Option   "EstimateSizesAggresively" "0"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier   "Keyboard1"
    Driver   "keyboard"

# For most OSs the protocol can be omitted (it defaults to "Standard").
# When using XQUEUE (only for SVR3 and SVR4, but not Solaris), comment
# out the above line, and uncomment the following line.

#    Option   "Protocol"   "Xqueue"

# Set the keyboard auto repeat parameters.  Not all platforms implement
# this.

    Option   "AutoRepeat"   "500 5"

# Specifiy which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)).

#    Option   "Xleds"   "1 2 3"

# These are the default XKB settings for xorg
#
#    Option   "XkbRules"   "xorg"
#    Option   "XkbModel"   "pc101"
#    Option   "XkbLayout"   "us"
#    Option   "XkbVariant"   ""
#    Option   "XkbOptions"   ""
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier   "Mouse1" #Mouse1
    Driver   "mouse"  #mouse

# The mouse protocol and device.  The device is normally set to /dev/mouse,
# which is usually a symbolic link to the real device.

    Option   "Protocol"   "ExplorerPS/2"
    Option   "Device"   "/dev/input/mouse0" #mouse0
EndSection



# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Generic Monitor"

# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

#    HorizSync   31.5  # typical for a single frequency fixed-sync monitor
#    HorizSync   30-64         # multisync
#    HorizSync   31.5, 35.2    # multiple fixed sync frequencies
#    HorizSync   15-25, 30-50  # multiple ranges of sync frequencies

# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY.  REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

#    VertRefresh   60  # typical for a single frequency fixed-sync monitor

#    VertRefresh   50-100        # multisync
#    VertRefresh   60, 65        # multiple fixed sync frequencies
#    VertRefresh   40-50, 80-100 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies

# If a monitor has DPMS support, that can be indicated here.  This will
# enable DPMS when the monitor is used with drivers that support it.

    Option   "dpms"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

Section "Device"
    Identifier   "nVidia Inc. GeForce2"
    Driver   "nvidia"
    VideoRam   132872
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections.
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of screen sections may be present.  Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen.  A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.

Section "Screen"
    Identifier   "Screen 1"
    Device   "nVidia Inc. GeForce2"
    Monitor   "Generic Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 24

    SubSection "Screen 1"
        Depth      24
        Modes      "1440x900"
        ViewPort   0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of ServerLayout sections may be present.  Each describes
# the way multiple screens are organised.  A specific ServerLayout
# section may be specified from the X server command line with the
# "-layout" option.  In the absence of this, the first section is used.
# When now ServerLayout section is present, the first Screen section
# is used alone.

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier   "simple layout"
    Screen   "Screen 1"
    InputDevice   "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

[Juan Pablo]

Gentoo kernel uses /dev/input/mice , be sure to enable it in the kernel config

[hurleyint1386]

Gentoo kernel uses /dev/input/mice , be sure to enable it in the kernel config

im pretty sure i did. to be sure, i would do 'cd /usr/src/linux' then 'make menuconfig' then which options do i make sure to enable?

[Juan Pablo]

Go to

Device Drivers -> Input Device Support -> Mouse


Almost all 2.6 kernels use /dev/input/mice

[hurleyint1386]

Go to

Device Drivers -> Input Device Support -> Mouse


Almost all 2.6 kernels use /dev/input/mice

i have PS/2 included, should i include any others?

[bryansmith]

You said you had a USB mouse right? Make sure you have support for USB devices in your config (you probably have other USB devices anyway that need USB support).

Bryan

[Juan Pablo]

It should be OHCI, UHCI and EHCI to get USB working

[hurleyint1386]

It should be OHCI, UHCI and EHCI to get USB working

they're all checked. does my xorg.conf file need to be modified at all?