[plug] MDK 10.1Comm. USB/Mouse Woes..

Muskie Teh Otterboi muskieratboi at yahoo.com.au
Mon Nov 8 16:26:31 WST 2004


Timothy White wrote:

> Muskie Teh Otterboi wrote:
>
>> Timothy White wrote:
>
> ...snip...
>
>>> 'knoppix wheelmouse 2'
>>>
>>> which will give you no X but will allow you to try and find out what 
>>> your mouse is and what drivers you need.
>>
> ...snip...
>
>> its just that I can't get my Mouse to work! XD
>
> Try the above. You should be able to see what It detects the mouse as 
> and IIRC it will still write out the X config[1] file. Then it just a 
> matter of reading the file with a text editor, finding the mouse 
> entry[2] and copying it to the X config file under Mandrake.
> Tim
> p.s. If you want you can try some of the mouse config's below
>
> [1] should be /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 under Knoppix.
> [2] Mine gives 3 sections. A serial, PS/2 and USB mouse section. From 
> memory it has all 3 as fall backs but if you have a PS/2 mouse it 
> should be correct under that section.
>
MDK No Longer uses Xfree. it uses Xorg. But I'll look anyway. After I've 
upgraded.


Muskie



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