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PS/2 Mouse Stops Working After 10.1 Install


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Guest geofgiff

Just installed 10.1 on my Dell P3 1GHz. I've got a regular ole serial Microsoft Ps/2 mouse plugged in and the mouse worked fine during installation. After installation and reboot, it stops working. Doesn't matter whether I use KDE or Gnome.

 

I've got a couple of problems:

- i'm a newbie

- the mouse doesn't work

- since the mouse doesn't work, i can't navigate around within mandrive to do much in the way of troubleshooting.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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this is a bit of a bug for sure . it happens when you set security to "higher"

you can set the mouse over and over but when you reboot the mouse will not work

two options

1. change security setting

2. edit the file /etc/x11 /XF86Config

edit this section :

Section "InputDevice"

 

copy n paste this :

Identifier "Mouse1"

Driver "mouse"

Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"

EndSection

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Worked like a charmer. Had to make one small change to recommendation below, however. Instead of [Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"], use [Option "Device" "/dev/mice"]. Thanks for the help, both of you guys above. I could never have solved this problem without you.

 

this is a bit of a bug for sure . it happens when you set security to "higher"

you can set the mouse over and over but when you reboot the mouse will not work

two options

1. change security setting

2. edit the file  /etc/x11 /XF86Config

edit this section  :

Section "InputDevice"

 

copy n paste this :

    Identifier "Mouse1"

    Driver "mouse"

    Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"

    Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

    Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"

EndSection

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