Microsoft Wheel mouse optical USB not detected

[keokeo]

yes, i can't seem to figure why isn't my USB mouse detected on knoppix 3.3 ( it didn't work in 3.2 too btw)
knoppix detects everything else ok, but doesn't say anything about the mouse. this mouse worked in rh,mandrake,suse and windows but not in knoppix :(

help please

[pau1knopp]

You may want to run /sbin/mouseconfig from a root console within kde and see which magical combination brings it to life.

my $0.02 and work every penny,

Paul

[keokeo]

Naah, it still doesn't work.. i tried every combination and no response what so ever

[keokeo]

help me

[debi]

Check if your USB port is working.

[sagipolley]

I have the same problem. My "Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 1.0A" is detected at boot, but does not work.

I have tried modprobe -r usbmouse, then modprobe HID, no good.

I have tried unplugging it and plugging it in again, no good.

I have tried mouseconfig, no good.

I have tried booting with the noapic option, no good.

This mouse works fine in Gentoo, and I don't remember having to do anything special there...

Any suggestions for other things to try?

(We are talking boot from CD, not HDD install.)

TIA,

Martin

[keokeo]

I don't know what i did or what happened but knoppix suddenly detected the mouse! (guess it was a miracle) :P :D :)

Yippii!

[js290]

yes, i can't seem to figure why isn't my USB mouse detected on knoppix 3.3 ( it didn't work in 3.2 too btw)
knoppix detects everything else ok, but doesn't say anything about the mouse. this mouse worked in rh,mandrake,suse and windows but not in knoppix :(

help please

In 3.3, Knoppix 3.3 2003-11-19 found the USB Logitech optical trackball, but when Knoppix was installed onto the hard drive, the cursor would no longer work. Turns out, the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 was looking for "Serial Mouse" instead of "USB Mouse."

[Halifax]

How did u do that? I was havin the same problem! (I'm booting off a CD)