Mouse Problems with Mandrake 8.2

[ryejay98]

Ok, just installed the latest and greatest Mandrake ... version 8.2 ... and I'm having the same issue as before.

In the install, I choose a generic ps2 wheel mouse ... and the mouse works great during the install. Actually using it in KDE/GNOME however, is another story.

I'll run through an example.

1) Boot the computer into Linux (X autostarts)
2) No mouse capabilities
3) Use keyboard navigation to login to my account.
4) Immediately log out of account
5) Back at the X login screen and the mouse works wonderfully.

Whats up with that?

I've got a Compaq 5400US with a USB keyboard and a ps/2 mouse (compaq brand).

Mouse is using interupt 12 according to control center.

HELP!!!!!

[fatTrav]

I had mouse problems in Red Hat 7.2 and chose Microsoft Intellipoint as teh mouse I have. It seems to work fine and I used mouseconfig or something like that to config it. i'll point out that i never had those problems, just no wheel action and this fixed it ok for me.

[ryejay98]

Funny thing is, I have had no problems with the mouse in any other distrubution, just Mandrake.

[mdwatts]

What do you have in the Pointer Section of /etc/XF86Config (-4)?
www.xfree86.org (http://www.xfree86.org) have configuration examples for setting up ps/2 mice?

If you have the exact model of the Compaq mouse, then maybe try a Google search and you may find something to help and what's necessary for configuring.