no mouse???

[slith]

zeroth404:

Okay, not trying to be unkind :P But 2.6.x is really better for desktops, and even for servers... anyway, mouse should work in any of them :P

[gunterhm]

I followed some of your suggestions, changing to protocol=Auto and to /dev/input/mouse but they didn't work. However, for those who hasn't yet fixed this problem, i found a solution that , at least, worked for me.

It looks like in 2.6, you need to load the right module for your mouse first.

In another forum they said this:
My mouse didn't load either with 2.6.x kernels. I had to add

/sbin/modprobe psmouse proto=imps

in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules

I didn't do exactly the same but I only ran: modprobe psmouse
console mode mouse isn't yet active, but in X it works great.

Hope this helps.

[tomtheman]

i too have instaled slackware linux and i dont have aney mouse i dont get it at all i tryed everything i have had to give up and go back to redhat i gess were im going with this is on a modern day os if the ps2 mouse dont work right off than you might as well scrap the OS who has herd of a computer without a mouse nowdays (persnal opinun)

[lakerdonald]

Open your X{Org,Free86,etc}.conf, and change:

/dev/mouse

to

/dev/input/mice

and see if that changes anything.

[zeroth404]

Open your X{Org,Free86,etc}.conf, and change:

/dev/mouse

to

/dev/input/mice

and see if that changes anything.

I use /dev/input/mice when running 2.4, but either device yeilds no response in 2.6.

[lakerdonald]

What about

/dev/input/mouse{0,1,2,etc}

?

[jens]

For those using a scroll mouse, first look here:
http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/...wheel_mouse.3F

If this doesn't work:
1. Make sure you installed the modules package for your new kernel as well.
2. Try doing modprobe psmouse

If you didn't use the slackware kernel, you probaly didn't configure your kernel properly.

If non of this works, consider buying a new mouse, mine (optical with scroll, MITSUMI) only costed 5 Euro.

PS: If you're mouse did work under 2.4 but not under 2.6, this usually means you didn't install the modules that came with the 2.6 kernel or that you didn't add support for it if you're using a kernel from kernel.org.