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Problem - Microsoft Intellimouse isn't working. Running SUSE 10.1 on a Compaq Presario 1830 In /etc/X11 I have in xorg.conf xorg.conf contains: Section "InputDevice" Driver "mouse" Identifier "Mouse[1]" Option "Device" ...
  1. 11-25-2006 #1
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    Microsoft Intellimouse Install Problem

    Problem - Microsoft Intellimouse isn't working.

    Running SUSE 10.1 on a Compaq Presario 1830


    In /etc/X11 I have in xorg.conf

    xorg.conf contains:

    Section "InputDevice"
    Driver "mouse"
    Identifier "Mouse[1]"
    Option "Device" "dev/input/mice"
    Option "Name" "PS/2"
    Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
    Option "Vendor" "PS/2-Mouse"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    EndSection

    The mouse is a Microsoft Intellimouse 1.1A PS/2 Compatible
    but it is inoperable.

    What am I missing ?

    BR
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    Option "Device" "dev/input/mice"
    IS this a typo or are you missing a slash?
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  3. 11-25-2006 #3
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    Intellimouse Fails

    My mistake, I see
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
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    Try changing:
    Code:
    Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
    to
    Code:
    Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
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    Unhappy Intellimouse Fails and so does Memory stick!

    Not quite turning red yet.

    Well I tried option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" and it seems to have killed the X-Server!
    So that I could show what's in the xOrg file I attached my USB Memory Stick thinking it would work - like plug and play in XP. I looked in Desktop preferences and it showed "Mount removable media when inserted " as being checked. So I thought I should see my jump drive (aka Memory Stick) !

    I DONT - why ?

    In xOrg I do see two input devices - My touchpad and the mouse.
    saX2 does show a second mouse - ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse but it is responding to the touchPad events just like the synaptics Mouse 1.

    It seems the OS sees both mice as being the touchpad and neither being the actual IntelliMouse.

    Boy am I perplexed! Do we report these things back to SUSE since this is a pretty plain vanilla Laptop ( Compaq Presario 1830) ?

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