I have finally got Slackware 11 installed on my Abit AB9 motherboard system - hurrah!
However the mouse doesn't work. It's a standard PS/2 mouse and worked in other installations so I'm prety sure it's connected right etc.
An "ls -l /dev/mouse" shows that /dev/mouse is linked to /dev/input/mice.
What else should I be checking?
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 10:35:14PM +0100, cl@isbd.net wrote:
An "ls -l /dev/mouse" shows that /dev/mouse is linked to /dev/input/mice.
In dmesg there is:-
PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly. serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
That looks OK to me, so why doesn't the mouse work?
On Thursday 12 October 2006 12:55, cl@isbd.net wrote:
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 10:35:14PM +0100, cl@isbd.net wrote:
An "ls -l /dev/mouse" shows that /dev/mouse is linked to /dev/input/mice.
In dmesg there is:-
PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly. serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all miceThat looks OK to me, so why doesn't the mouse work?
Is it in X that it doesn't work?
Check you've got a suitable InputDevice directive in your xorg.conf file. Mine looks like this:
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "synaptics" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection
What distro did you say it was? In Debian you can re-configure your X server with something like:
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
and it'll do some things automagically.
Cheers, Richard
On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 01:13:39PM +0100, Richard Lewis wrote:
On Thursday 12 October 2006 12:55, cl@isbd.net wrote:
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 10:35:14PM +0100, cl@isbd.net wrote:
An "ls -l /dev/mouse" shows that /dev/mouse is linked to /dev/input/mice.
In dmesg there is:-
PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly. serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all miceThat looks OK to me, so why doesn't the mouse work?
Is it in X that it doesn't work?
It's anywhere, the gpm "mouse in a console" driver doesn't work either.
On Thursday 12 October 2006 15:13, cl@isbd.net wrote:
On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 01:13:39PM +0100, Richard Lewis wrote:
On Thursday 12 October 2006 12:55, cl@isbd.net wrote:
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 10:35:14PM +0100, cl@isbd.net wrote:
An "ls -l /dev/mouse" shows that /dev/mouse is linked to /dev/input/mice.
In dmesg there is:-
PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly. serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all miceThat looks OK to me, so why doesn't the mouse work?
Is it in X that it doesn't work?
It's anywhere, the gpm "mouse in a console" driver doesn't work either.
Is it worth testing a different mouse?
R.
On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 04:57:47PM +0100, Richard Lewis wrote:
On Thursday 12 October 2006 15:13, cl@isbd.net wrote:
On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 01:13:39PM +0100, Richard Lewis wrote:
On Thursday 12 October 2006 12:55, cl@isbd.net wrote:
On Wed, Oct 11, 2006 at 10:35:14PM +0100, cl@isbd.net wrote:
An "ls -l /dev/mouse" shows that /dev/mouse is linked to /dev/input/mice.
In dmesg there is:-
PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly. serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12 serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1 mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all miceThat looks OK to me, so why doesn't the mouse work?
Is it in X that it doesn't work?
It's anywhere, the gpm "mouse in a console" driver doesn't work either.
Is it worth testing a different mouse?
The same mouse was working the day before in the same system, just a different distro.
I think I have the answer now actually, a PS/2 mouse needs a module to be installed for it to work.
On Thursday 12 October 2006 12:55, cl@isbd.net wrote:
In dmesg there is:-
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
That looks OK to me, so why doesn't the mouse work?
Does the X.org log provide any further clues as to what may be failing ?
BTW One tip to verify lower levels are working - `cat /dev/mouse` and wiggle the rodent around. If $random garbage is dumped to the screen, the low level drivers should be OK.
Regards, Paul.
On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 01:51:39PM +0100, Paul wrote:
On Thursday 12 October 2006 12:55, cl@isbd.net wrote:
In dmesg there is:-
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
That looks OK to me, so why doesn't the mouse work?
Does the X.org log provide any further clues as to what may be failing ?
BTW One tip to verify lower levels are working - `cat /dev/mouse` and wiggle the rodent around. If $random garbage is dumped to the screen, the low level drivers should be OK.
I'm pretty sure it's the lower level that isn't working, I don't get a mouse controlled cursor in my console windows using gpm.
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