Did you connect the MS mouse directly to the computer or to your switch? Because of variations in mice, OSes and systems; when run through a switch the mouse is not recognized properly, so even when manually configured the proper driver is not used causing lost functionality. I use a Linksys KVM switch for keyboard and monitor only and use a direct connect mouse on each system. Using this method I have encountered no problems with mouse usage on any OS running on either system. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
-----Original Message----- From: Matthew [mailto:matthew@psychohorse.com] Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 1:58 PM To: Jack Reilly Cc: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re:[SLE] losing mouse and keyboard
This is too bizarre!
Just used my Ifeel mouse with the 2.4.1 kernel and it loaded with no additional config.
Are you sure you do not have some sort of hardware problem here?
Just my 2 cents,
Matt
On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Jack Reilly wrote:
On Wednesday 31 January 2001 18:19, Jack Reilly wrote:
The mouse is a three button Logitech Mouseman. The keyboard is VA LInux oem that appears to be standard. Yast identifies it as type PC 104. The connectors go to PS/2 ports. I neglect to mention that I have two PCs and a mac connected to a Belkin OmniCube for common use of keyboard, mouse, and monitor. The monitor is a NECMultiSync FP950. Both PCs have been running RedHat without any problem.
It often happens that when the mouse isn't properly configured the x-server flips out and kills the keyboard too (sometimes it doesn't even start at all 'cos of the mouse), so your keyboard is probably configured properly. I don't know the 3-button LM mouse but I know that some of them run the config as the MS Intellimouse (mine is that). IMPS/2
On Thu, 01 Feb 2001, you wrote: protocol and PS/2 mouse
should have the device configured; /dev/psaux. This is my mouse in the /etc/XF86Config file: -- Section "Pointer" Protocol "IMPS/2" Device "/dev/psaux" SampleRate 60 BaudRate 1200 ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection -- If you are a Linux newbie and you don't know how to boot up in text mode, or change into another virtual desktop to edit your /etc/XF86Config file with emacs or vi then let us know.
After using linux a couple of years I was beginning to feel like I was emerging from the newbie category but this problem with Suse has me right back there. I tried using your config and some variations as well, But all I get is a mouse that keeps returning to the lower left corner of the screen so is not usable. Then I tried another mouse. It's a MS mouse port compatible 2.1A. With the BIOS USB IRQ enabled I got by the correction in the desktop test ok. Then I opened Netscape, got to the Suse site and moved around a bit. But when I tried to enlarge the small window I lost the mouse and the kb. When I turn power off and on to reboot I usually end up with "fsck failed" mess which I don't want to tackle so have to repeat the install. This time the reboot went ok and in "dmesg" I see some lines I haven't noticed before:
usb-uhci.c: Intel USB controller: setting latency timer to zero. usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd400, IRQ5 usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports usn.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 usb.c: USB hub found usb.c: 2 ports detected
In the meantime the Red Hat machine and the mac go along fine and don't care what mouse I use.
Jack