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Mandrake 8.2-No Mouse

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I'll start by saying I'm a Linux newbie. The mouse in Mandrake 8.2 was working alright except for the fact the wheel wouldn't work. While clicking around trying to get the wheel to work, I must have changed the configuration and now the mouse doesn't work at all. I can get the the area to configure the mouse, where the keyboard, mouse and others are, but can't choose the mouse option to fix the problem.

Any ideas as to what I can do?

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by cookie23

First I'll assume you mean mouse support in the gui X windows enviroment. The configuration file can usually be found in /etc/X11/ and is usally call XF86Config and/or XF86Config-4 (depending on the version of x windows you installed). Inside that file will be the settings for the mouse, graphics card, and keyboard.

In XF86Config it should looke like this:
Section "Pointer"
Protocol "Microsoft"
Device "/dev/mouse"
ZAxisMapping 4 5
Emulate3Buttons
Emulate3Timeout 50
EndSection

If your system has a XF86Config-4 then it would look like:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
# Modified by mouseconfig
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Microsoft"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

If you have a ps/2 mouse the device should be be /dev/psaux. Make sure this part is correct. My guess is you have a ps/2 scroll mouse and accidently changed the device to serial. If you want more examples of mice configs, including how to make the scroll wheel / extra buttons work check out http://koala.ilog.fr/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/#xserver
also you can search google for X windows mouse configs. If you still can't get it to work, post what type of connection and what type of mouse and I'll see what I can do. Good Luck.

by spider-man

I installed RH 8.0 over Mandrake and cured the problem once and for all. The installation was far easier in RH than it was in Mandrake, and RH had an option to choose for the wheel mouse, something Mandrake didn't. I'll have to say that I already like RH better than Mandrake. Wish I would have saved myself the grief by getting RH to begin with.

I'm awarding the 400 points for your help because I'll be able to use that in the future if I screw up again.

Thanks

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