I keep losing my mouse! Post hd-install checklist?

[FelixDzerzhinsky]

I keep losing my mouse it freezes up after using it for a while in kde, gnome, fluxbox etc. I have 128 meg of ram and double sized swap file. Mouse is a Chic otical mouse two button with wheel.

Also can't log on without being su.

Have to type in : mii-tool -F 10baseT-HD eth0 (as su) to force my nic to work!

Is there a post install checklist for knoppix. (ie. the steps you need to do to give all your users sound, get your icons back, find your dvd drive etc.)???

[Stephen]

I keep losing my mouse it freezes up after using it for a while in kde, gnome, fluxbox etc. I have 128 meg of ram and double sized swap file. Mouse is a Chic otical mouse two button with wheel.

Also can't log on without being su.

Have to type in : mii-tool -F 10baseT-HD eth0 (as su) to force my nic to work!

Is there a post install checklist for knoppix. (ie. the steps you need to do to give all your users sound, get your icons back, find your dvd drive etc.)???

For the icons and dvd this thread for the sound for the users in a console window as root adduser user_name audio to add the user to the audio group some other groups you may want to add the user to cdrom, floppy, video and src to check which groups you belong to in a console groups or id. note: you have to logout and back in for the changes to take effect if you are the user you are changing the groups for any others next time they login the changes will be in effect.

Some more details on the nic and user login problem would be helpful. Although did the password you choose for the user have more than 8 characters [edit] if so try the first 8 characters [/edit] ? For the mouse I have no clue whatsoever perhaps a google linux search with some well chosen keywords could be helpful.

[rickenbacherus]

Have you tried a different mouse. That at least might tell you if Linux just doesn't like your Chic mouse. Of course if it does the same thing w/ a different brand mouse then there must be soomething wrong w/ your configuration or perhaps another piece of hardware.

[FelixDzerzhinsky]

Tried a new mouse but same thing happens. Especially when using X-Chat.

Seems to go good for a while then locks up like Windoze!!!

Do I need to change my X settings?

[Stephen]

Tried a new mouse but same thing happens. Especially when using X-Chat.

Seems to go good for a while then locks up like Windoze!!!

Do I need to change my X settings?

Could you post your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and what type of mouse did you put on it now eg. serial, ps/2 or usb.

[FelixDzerzhinsky]

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
# Serial Mouse not detected
# USB Mouse not detected
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
# FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "ddc" # ddc probing of monitor
Load "GLcore"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Serial Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Microsoft"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "PS/2 Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

# Auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "GWY 138c"
# These are the DDC-probed settings and modelines
HorizSync 31-79
VertRefresh 56-85
# 640x480, 60.0Hz; hfreq=31.469000, vfreq=59.939999
ModeLine "640x480" 25.17 640 648 744 784 480 482 484 509 -hsync -vsync
# 640x480, 75.0Hz; hfreq=37.500000, vfreq=75.000000
ModeLine "640x480" 31.50 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync
# 800x600, 56.0Hz; hfreq=35.155998, vfreq=56.250000
ModeLine "800x600" 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
# 800x600, 60.0Hz; hfreq=37.879002, vfreq=60.317001
ModeLine "800x600" 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
# 800x600, 75.0Hz; hfreq=46.875000, vfreq=75.000000
ModeLine "800x600" 49.50 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync
# 800x600, 85.0Hz; hfreq=53.674000, vfreq=85.060997
ModeLine "800x600" 56.25 800 832 896 1048 600 601 604 631 +hsync +vsync
# 1024x768, 60.0Hz; hfreq=48.362999, vfreq=60.004002
ModeLine "1024x768" 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
# 1024x768, 75.0Hz; hfreq=60.022999, vfreq=75.028999
ModeLine "1024x768" 78.75 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
# 1024x768, 85.0Hz; hfreq=68.677002, vfreq=84.997002
ModeLine "1024x768" 94.50 1024 1072 1168 1376 768 769 772 808 +hsync +vsync
# 1280x1024, 75.0Hz; hfreq=79.975998, vfreq=75.025002
ModeLine "1280x1024" 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
# sw_cursor is needed for some ati and radeon cards
Option "sw_cursor"
#Option "hw_cursor"
#Option "NoAccel"
#Option "ShowCache"
#Option "ShadowFB"
#Option "UseFBDev"
#Option "Rotate"
Identifier "Card0"
# The following line is auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config
Driver "ati"
VendorName "All"
BoardName "All"
# BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

[rickenbacherus]

Try these two minor changes:


1) If you're using a USB mouse then you should add a line in your "ServerLayout" section that reads: InputDevice "USB Mouse" "SendCoreEvents" like so:

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "SendCoreEvents"

2) Change Option "Protocol" "PS/2" to "auto" like so:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "PS/2 Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection