Not moving at all

[sheds]

Hi there people. I am running into serious problems trying to get my mouse to even move with Slackware 11. So far, i haven't been able to move the mouse. It just sits in the middle of the screen. I thought that once i got the nvidia driver installed, that problem would go away on its own. But boy was i wrong. It's just sitting in the middle of the screen still. So, i went into '/usr/src/linux' and ran 'mouseconfig'. I've tried every single possibility there, options i didn't even know what they were, to no avail.

So, having this been said, how do i get my mouse to work? How can i find out which option in /dev is the mouse connected to? Which option in menuconfig should i use? And just for the kicks, from scratch, how can i run a configuration utility so that i can select the mouse options for Slack? I ask this cause i read something about not installing or selecting the mouse module when building the kernel. I upgraded from 2.4 to 2.6.17.13, just so you know.

I got a PS/2 CTE mouse, and it worked fine with Fedora, but now, Slack does not want to use it, it probably doesn't like it, jejeje. Thanks for all the help in advance.

[oz]

I'm not running Slackware right now but here's the mouse section out of my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

    Identifier	"Mouse1"
    Driver	"mouse"
    Option "Protocol"    "IMPS/2"
    Option "Device"      "/dev/input/mice"
    Option "ZAxisMapping"   "4 5 6 7"

[oz]

If you know what hardware you have, you can su to root and run xorgconfig to setup your keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc.

[sheds]

If you know what hardware you have, you can su to root and run xorgconfig to setup your keyboard, mouse, monitor, etc.

I wouldn't mind running that from scratch, i can make a backup of xorg.conf before i do. So if i mess things up with the monitor and the keyboard, i can go back to just the mouse not moving. Jejejeje. I'll try it up. Wish me luck.

Btw, i tried that configuration you wrote there, and didn't work. Thanks anyways.

[sheds]

Ok, the xorgconfig option through an error that no screens were found. So let's not do that. I got my original xorg.conf file restored, so i am back to using the nvidia driver succesfully installed and configure in xorg.conf, and the mouse still in center screen. I started X with user root, and not even him can move that bum.

Ok, so now, i need some questions answered:

1. How can i tell which /dev/???? is the mouse using??

2. Do i need to restart the machine after mouseconfig so the kernel loads the mouse modules???

[jens]

How did you intall 2.6 ?

Even if you picked the huge26.s kernel(recommended for new people), you still must install the the same kernel modules as for the generic 2.6.
They're on the second disc in /extra (in the same map as kernel-generic-2.6).

If you already installed huge26.s, don't intall the kernel-generic package but only the kernel-modules package (kernel-generic is very bare, not even ext3 or reiserfs support by default).

[sheds]

I installed generic, modules and something else, they came in the dvd. I installed from a dvd. I am pretty sure that part is ok, i nearly drove some fellows crazy helping me get it right. I just don't know where else to go to get this fixed.

[saikee]

You can always edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf directly to alter the mouse setting given to you by ozar.

[jens]

I installed generic, modules and something else, they came in the dvd. I installed from a dvd. I am pretty sure that part is ok, i nearly drove some fellows crazy helping me get it right. I just don't know where else to go to get this fixed.

What happens if you run modprobe psmouse
?
Did it work with 2.4?
Does GPM work (outside X)?
Are you using "/dev/input/mice" (and did you check if your module is supported)?
Did you try "Auto" instead of "PS/2" or "IMPS/2" ?

[rong]

I had the same problem with a Logitech G7 (wireless usb) and the solution in my case was to NOT install with GDM.