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no mouse in linux

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by mbbcat

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after moving a machine there is no mouse in linux - works in dos though, have tried different mice, serial & ps2, reconfig several times etc - no joy - any ideas

using mandrake 7.2

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by searogue

Hi,
Have you opened the case & checked to see if maybe the cable/plug might be loose for your com port or PS2 port ? If you have tried using different mice & get the same result, this is where I would start next.

HTH,
Bets Regards,
Tony

by kevin anderson

Is the GPM service running?

General Purpose Mouse allows you to use the mouse in places that it otherwise wouldn't work.

With redhat, you can run NTSYSV from a command line, and enable or disable it. I believe it'll work with Mandrake too.Hopefully that'll fix you up.
Kev.

by wls

After making sure gpm is not running (it will taint the test as well as steal away the mouse from Xwindows), do a
# ls -l /dev/mouse
and see what it points to.

It may be /dev/ttyS1 if your mouse is on COM2:, it may be /dev/psaux if it's a PS2 mouse. Once you find the right device, make a symbolic link.

To find the device, you can enter
# cat /dev/device_name_like_psaux
and wiggle the mouse. If junk appears when the mouse is moved, you found it!
Press Control-C to quit.

by brianbarber

Because you're using Mandrake, you can use mousecfg (or mouseconfig, I can't quite remember) to reselect mouse. Try the generic mice first and then a more specific type.

You can also type setup from the command prompt to re-configure other system parameters, including mouse selection.

Cheers,
BB

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