Serious Mouse problems

Okay i just installed SOTlinux, the installation went fine and the mouse worked. after the installation i was promted to reboot. after rebooting the setup process came up and the mouse stopped working, i got through it using the keyboard. The desktop loaded and still the mouse doesnt work so i have no way of accessing anything in linux, all i can do is crl-alt del to restart

The mouse is an IBM Optical USB wheel mouse. The light isnt even on when linux loads, i have no clue how to solve this i hope someone can help.

Do you have a PS/2 Adaptor?
if not, it might be a problem with USB...
Do you have any other usb devices plugued?
have you tryed to unplug and replug it while in linux

I dont have a PS/2 adapter, i was thinking of getting one to see if it would work. I dont haev anyother USB devices plugged in and i haev tried unpluggign and pluggign it back in still wouldnt work.

Since it doesn't even light up I would guess that you have a usb issue. I would try an adapter at first and reboot and see if it will at least light up. Once you get to that point we can help you further.

I think i am going to go out a after my last class and get an adapter. My USB mouse works fine when i load Up Knoppix Live cd tho.

Quote:

---

9.1 Mouse

9.1.1 Serial mouse support serial.o
ASCII MieMouse
Generic Mouse
Generic 3 Button Mouse
Genius NetMouse
Kensington Thinking Mouse
Logitech Mouse (old C7 type)
Logitech CC Series
Logitech MouseMan/FirstMouse
Logitech MouseMan+/FirstMouse+
Microsoft compatible
Microsoft Rev 2.1A or higher
Microsoft IntelliMouse
Mouse Systems
MM Series
MM HitTablet
9.1.2 Busmouse support busmouse.o
Microsoft Inport busmouse msbusmouse.o
ATI XL Inport busmouse atixlmouse.o
Logitech busmouse logibusmouse.o
9.1.3 PS/2 mouse built-in
ALPS GlidePoint
ASCII MieMouse
Generic Mouse
Generic 3 Button Mouse
Genius NetMouse
Genius NetMouse Pro
Genius NetScroll
Kensington Thinking Mouse
Logitech MouseMan/FirstMouse
Logitech MouseMan+/FirstMouse+
Microsoft IntelliMouse
C&T 82C710 mouse port (TI Travelmate) qpmouse.o
IBM PC110 palmtop digitizer (PS/2 emulation) pc110pad.o
9.1.4 USB HIDBP mouse (basic support) usbmouse.o
Generic Mouse
Generic 3 Button Mouse
Logitech MouseMan Wheel
Microsoft IntelliMouse

---

Those are the supported mouse of SOTlinux

Thanks for the list, i think i will just go out and pick up one of those on the list. Thanks again for the help.

i picked up a generic ps/2 mouse and it works great. :D