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

Timothy White weirdo at tigris.org
Tue Nov 9 11:07:26 WST 2004


Muskie Teh Otterboi wrote:
> 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.
 From memory the file format /should/ be very similar at the moment.
Tim

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