Usb Mouse

[cuzoki]

I've searched on severaly forums for a solution but none seems to help at all. I am using Debian and my USB keyboard works but I can't get my USB mouse to work. I would use a PS/2 mouse if I haven't fryed the ports. So what do I do?

Here is a couple things that u probably need:

XF86Config-4 file(part of it):

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

I tried

apt-get install hotplug


doesnt help at all

i also tried cat /dev/input/mice <it says no such file or directory

i added usbcore and usb-uhci to /etc/modules


what should i do next??

[hard candy]

I would try running "xf86config" to see if you can generate a mouse file. If the usb keyboard is working, usb is working. And if you log in as root, does the mouse still not work?

[je_fro]

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection


Here's mine from Debian...I have a USB optical wheel mouse. You may also have to unplug and replug your mouse for hotplug to see it.

[DerekKraan]

Make sure your user has permissions to /dev/input/mice. chmod o+r /dev/input/mice should do it.

[cuzoki]

This has something to do with user permission?? I use root when I configure.

I've already tried using xf8config, but it doesn't have an option for USB mouse and both of my PS/2 ports are broken.

Thx for the replies,

[DerekKraan]

It's happened to me before. Anyways, you should try to figure out if that's not your USB mouse device, what is. cat something, then move your mouse. If it's your mouse device, then you'll see characters appear on the screen. You can also try to modprobe hid and see if that helps. My usb mouse is /dev/usbmouse.