mouse problem

[bowhuntrrl]

First off, real newbie !!! Just loaded Mandrake today, it went quite well. I was messing around the desktop (KDE) and saw the hardware settings part. I changed the mouse from generic PS2 wheelmouse to Genius Netmouse (since I have a Netmouse Pro) and this totally screwed up the mouse. I don't knoe how to fix this !! I shut down several times (some improperly) and even tried failsafe mode. How do I get my mouse back ???? HELLLLLP !!

bowhuntr :(

[mdwatts]

According to http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/mouse6.html#30 , the Genius Netmouse uses the NetMousePS/2 protocol.

As root, edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and change the protocol in the InputDevice section for your mouse. You will need to restart X.

[jaygee432]

Does Mdk still have a mouseconfig? Try /sbin/mouseconfig at the console root prompt.

[bowhuntrrl]

Thanks for the replies. I must admit that I'm such a newbie that I have no idea how to do what you suggest. As much as I want to learn Linux, maybe I'm not ready even though I'm a whiz at Windows and good at DOS. How can I do anything at all when the mouse doesn't work?? Is there some option at boot up that gets me into the root where I can edit stuff. Please, I need step by step instructions, either that, or I guess I can reformat and reload. Thanks.

bowhuntr

[jaygee432]

to get from X into a console, do ctrl + alt + Fx, just try the F keys until you get one that does it.

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by bowhuntrrl
Thanks for the replies. I must admit that I'm such a newbie that I have no idea how to do what you suggest. As much as I want to learn Linux, maybe I'm not ready even though I'm a whiz at Windows and good at DOS. How can I do anything at all when the mouse doesn't work?? Is there some option at boot up that gets me into the root where I can edit stuff. Please, I need step by step instructions, either that, or I guess I can reformat and reload. Thanks.

bowhuntr

Since you are using KDE, from a terminal/console/commandline, type

su -
<root password>

ls -al /etc/X11 (look for XF86Config or XF86Config-4)

kedit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 or XF86Config

Change the protocol in the InputDevice section to NetMousePS/2.

If that doesn't help or you still have problems with the mouse, post the InputDevice section so we can have a look.

cat /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (will display the entire file at the commandline)

[Richard Craneum]

Originally posted by bowhuntrrl
First off, real newbie !!! Just loaded Mandrake today, it went quite well. I was messing around the desktop (KDE) and saw the hardware settings part. I changed the mouse from generic PS2 wheelmouse to Genius Netmouse (since I have a Netmouse Pro) and this totally screwed up the mouse. I don't knoe how to fix this !! I shut down several times (some improperly) and even tried failsafe mode. How do I get my mouse back ???? HELLLLLP !!

bowhuntr :(

I got my wheel mouse to work by using the GUI and changed to ps/2 generic wheel mouse and pressing Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to re-start X. The PC rebooted on its own and after login... Nice!! it worked! No more wacked out mouse!