Mouse doesn't work after hdinstall

**Taldor** · 08-18-2004, 11:03 PM

My mouse (Logitech, no usb) doesn't work anymore after a hard drive install. It did work on Knoppix-Live. I can't use the knoppix live anymore, because of a minor partition problem.

**mzilikazi** · 08-18-2004, 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by Taldor

My mouse (Logitech, no usb) doesn't work anymore after a hard drive install. It did work on Knoppix-Live.

It's probably just your XF86Config-4 file. You can simply copy that file from Knoppix cd to hdd install. Assuming you installed Knoppix to /dev/hda1, boot knoppix then:

su
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1
cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /mnt/hda1/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
Overwrite exisitng? yes

I can't use the knoppix live anymore, because of a minor partition problem.

Not sure I follow you. How does Knoppix live cd not work because of a partition problem? It shouldn't make any difference what you have on your hdd partitions.

**A. Jorge Garcia** · 08-19-2004, 12:13 AM

Are you using Kernel 2.6? I had a lot of mouse problems with 2.6, try 2.4 again.

Good Luck,
AJG

**Kram** · 08-19-2004, 01:49 AM

Actually I had mouse dection problems with 2.4. 2.6 solved the problems. Go figgure!?!?!?

**Taldor** · 08-19-2004, 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by mzilikazi

Not sure I follow you. How does Knoppix live cd not work because of a partition problem? It shouldn't make any difference what you have on your hdd partitions.

I made a partition for the files of the knoppix cdrom, because I can't burn cdroms. From there I installed knoppix on another partition. Now for an unknown reason the partition with the cdrom files is hidden. (It wasn't hidden before the installation.)

When I use kernel 2.6 everyting works fine.

**mzilikazi** · 08-20-2004, 02:23 AM

Originally Posted by Kram

Actually I had mouse dection problems with 2.4. 2.6 solved the problems. Go figgure!?!?!?

No suprise really. You need differnt options in XF86Config-4 for 2.6.* kernels.

**Stealth870** · 08-29-2004, 06:08 PM

I have the exact same problem! My mouse works in 2.6 and not 2.4...

So all I do is run the Live CD, and copy the Xconfig file?

**Markus** · 08-29-2004, 07:45 PM

If it's a PS/2 mouse you should have this at the top of the file:
Section "ServerLayout"
<snip>
InputDevice "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"

And this a bit further down:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "PS/2 Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" #for 2.6. Try /dev/psaux for 2.4
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection

Just try changing the one line there for different kernels.