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HI, I installed linux and the mouse was not detected. Its a serial mouse. I then plugged in a usb mouse and it worked fine. On opening yast and checking ...
  1. 11-21-2006 #1
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    HI,
    I installed linux and the mouse was not detected. Its a serial mouse. I then plugged in a usb mouse and it worked fine. On opening yast and checking the mouse options, no type was specified. So i selected the "serial" "logitech" option and then saved the configuration and rebooted. It still doesnt recognize my original serial mouse and now it doesnt recognize my USB mouse either. What to do? I want it to work with my serial mouse. Please tell me what i need to change and where.
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    in terminal/konsole, execute this
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    cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    post Section 'InputDevice' for mouse here.





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    I changed the type to USB Generic and the mouse works (USB).
    When i change to "serial" "logitech", the behavior is wierd. If i move the mouse around, it acts as if the right button is clicked. This is the code from the xorg.config file (for the serial mouse):
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      InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"

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    post complete section...
    or replace that with this
    Code:
    Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ExplorerPS/2"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
EndSection




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    or replace that with this
    Code:
    Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ExplorerPS/2"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
EndSection




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