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Mouseless Suse !

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by pip

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could anyone please help ? I inatalled OpenSuse
11.0 and can only get my mice to work in Failsafe mode. Apart from brief messing about with Ubuntu, I know nothing about Linux - pretty clued up on Windows though :-)

thank you, to any kind soul who may reply.

Pip

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by oh smeg

Some specialist mice need drivers from their maker to run in any form of Linux. All PS2 Mice should load by default when you install SUSE but some USB and things like Wireless Mice might not have drivers available on the SUSE Disc.

Without knowing much more about the hardware here it's very hard to even suggest something to try.

Col

by pip

thank you for replying:

I have a Trust optical mouse on PS2, and a Logitech Marble Mouse (its a trackball) direct on USB (i,e, not thru a hub). Neither company offer Linux drivers.
what I cannot understand is
1) they both function in Failsafe mode - quite well as it happens;
2) neither functions at all in normal mode, and I mean Nix, zilch, no response whatsoever !

When I ran Ubuntu last year I had no problems.

I have installed Opensuse three times to try to correct this (wiping the disc each time):once from DVD (downloaded); once booted from CD and then from DVD (to check the DVD integrity) and finally from Internet.
Any help would be graetly appreciated.

Pip

by oh smeg

Not sure why it's not working here. The USB one may need a change to the BIOS to set the USB to Legacy and that should work as well.

Which version of SUSE are you trying to install here?

I'll throw a copy in a computer and see what happens if you post back with the version of SUSE.

Col

by pip

Thanks JD

I'll go and wade thru that lot !

by Former member

Take the USB mouse out, re-boot then try again.

Please post back if you have anymore problems or questions.

by pip

thank you Col, very much.

Open Suse 11.0 64-bit; onto a Asus M2N-X Plus;Athlon 64 X2 2.9 Gh; 2Gb RAM All three months old.

I'll look at the BIOS settings now, although I think I alrready have Legacy USB activated.

Will get back to you.

Pip

by pip

I've looked in the BIOS - no setting for legacy USB: I've also checked the manual: no reference to it. I must have been thinking of the previous mobo.

by oh smeg

But in the mean time you may like to try this Open YAST in Graphic Mode and look in there for a possible solution. It goes without saying to Boot with only the mouse you want to use here to.

This may also be of use

You can also try booting to run level 3 by typing [b][i][u]3[/b][/i][/u] when the grub boot menu appears then log in as a regular user. Type [i][u][b]su[/b][/i][/u] to get root permissions, and run [i][u][b]yast[/b][/u][/i] to configure your mouse.

[i][u][b]ALT-Q[/b][/i][/u] will exit YAST.

The above Text in Bold Underlined Italic Type is what you need to type in to open & close YAST.

Col
Edited because it's been a while since I've used SUSE and I needed to get the commands right. :(

by oh smeg

A Single Core P4 a Quad Core Pentium and a pair of Quad Core Xeons and with every Mouse that I have thrown at this in either KDE or Gnome the mice have all worked without a problem.

I've tested it with a normal low end system a mid range system and a high end server setup with 15 different mice including Wireless mice. As I don't have any AMD units here I can not test it on those but as all of the 64 Bit Linux's are optimized for the AMD CPU's so if they where going to give problems it would be with the Intel CPU where they don't work as well as the AMD CPU's. In this case it has to be the M'Board Chip Set which is the problem. In every case I just restarted the system and used a different mouse except when I was changing the desktops which required a reinstall of the Linux to get the different Desktop. I've used both of the KDE Desktops and Gnome without a issue.

It's related to your Hardware configuration and the cure here is to go into YAST and change the Mouse Settings.

I hope that is of some use to you.

Col .

by pip

thank you for your help - removed USB mouse, (which was installed alone originally) and it now works on a generic two button mouse on PS2. Must now find out how to restore the USB mouse, but I seem to have various other problems which need to be sorted by me learning about OpenSuse

by Former member

In to OpenSusi. If you get the Paid for version you will be Ok. but with OpenSusi you will have to either build the code or to download the file from Yast or what ever it uses. Or read more on it here:
http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/c122.html

Please post back if you have anymore problems or questions.

by pip

Hi Peconet
thank you so much for all the trouble you have been to for me, on this problem. I am very grateful. (btw - your English is exceptionally good !)
I have Opensuse, as I am looking for a long term replacement for Windows, and feel that, if I am going to spend money, then I may as well stick with Windows, which I know pretty well.
I have messed with Windows scripting, so now I need to learn how to compile stuff for Linux: thank you for pointing me to the URL for that.

Pip

by pip

thank you so much for that: I had treid messing with yast, but as I am not familiar with it (at all) I suspect I have not hit the right bit yet.

Pip

by Former member

Go here:
http://www.ubuntu.com/
This is your better choice for Linux if you want to start out, plus you can twiddle with the code as much as you want, it will be more user friendly than the Linux you have. And the big plus of all you can use your USB mouse.
:)

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.

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