Mouse not working in Libranet

[Aalbert]

I installed Libranet this morning, everything went fine even xsetup but when i start up the computer it goes directly to the login screen but my mouse don't work.
How do i get to the commandline so i can setup my mouse in adminmenu ?
I have an microsoft 2 button mouse on com1.
Who can help me ?

[mrBen]

To get to the command line press Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or 2,3,4,5,6 etc) which will jump to another virtual terminal, which you will be able to log into. In order to kill X type 'init 3' which should kill off X, and allow you to configure it properly. When you're done and it all works, init 5 will return you to the graphical login.

(NB - The init commands may not be right for Libranet because it's based on Debian, and I can't remember which inits work. Also you need to be root to execute init.)

[dvdnut]

is your mouse a ps/2 type or a serial mouse

ps2 is a round connector, but a serial is an oblong looking one

if its on com1 then it could be serial but mice on ps2 also go on com1 (i think)

[mrBen]

One thing that may be causing the problem is that X is looking for /dev/mouse and it's linked to the wrong port. If you're mouse is in COM1 then /dev/mouse needs to be linked to /dev/Stty0

[Aalbert]

Okay guys, just got home from work.
Let me try some of your suggestions and i'll get back to you.

[Aalbert]

Well, still can't get my mouse to work in adminmenu...
It's a Microsoft 2 button mouse (serial) on the com 1 port.
Isn't there a non-graphical way to do it ?
Bert

[bdg1983]

Check to see if /dev/ttyS0 points to /dev/mouse

ls -al /dev/mouse

If it does, then remove it.

rm /dev/mouse

If not and also after you remove in the previous step.

ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/mouse

Depending on the version of X Libranet uses, modify XF86Config-4 as in the example. You may need to verify the correct syntax by looking up examples at www.xfree86.org (http://www.xfree86.org) for whichever version you use.

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Microsoft"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Buttons" "3"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Microsoft"
"SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "keyboard" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

I think that may work.

[error27]

I think mdwatts explained it pretty well.

Just out of curiosity, when you are at a console does your mouse work?

[Aalbert]

nope, mouse didn't work at the console....

[Aalbert]

well, finaly got the mouse working after trying, rebooting, trying, rebooting etc.
but now i don't have internet, during the installation it filled in the addresses for the network settings itself (ip, netmask etc)
but when i type in a url address either in mozilla or netscape it keeps searching but nothing further happens. what do i do ?

[Joeri Sebrechts]

Originally posted by Aalbert:
<STRONG>well, finaly got the mouse working after trying, rebooting, trying, rebooting etc.
but now i don't have internet, during the installation it filled in the addresses for the network settings itself (ip, netmask etc)
but when i type in a url address either in mozilla or netscape it keeps searching but nothing further happens. what do i do ?</STRONG>

If it's anything like debian you should take a look at /etc/network/interfaces. That contains your network interface settings. On top of that, you should check out that your DNS entries are correct in /etc/resolv.conf, and if you have to use a proxy don't forget to set it in your browser (you wouldn't be the first one to forget it).

[bdg1983]

Your very welcome. Glad you got your mouse working and we could help.

[Aalbert]

I want to thank you all for your help so far.
This is the first Debian based distro i got to work on my pc. After trying RedHat, mandrake and Suse i wanted to try an Debian based. I've seen so many people on this forum here saying how great Debian is. Now all i have to get to work is my network connection, i've got an Realtek 8139 card.
Suggestions ?
Aalbert.

[bdg1983]

It might be better if you start a new thread. Mouse not working in Libranet does not really relate to your new question.

Don't forget to search the forums first to see if someone else has a Realtek 8139 and the solution has been posted.

Make sure you provide enough info for others to help. Kernel version (uname -r), do you know the module it uses, do you have the driver diskette that includes Linux, what have you tried so far, isa, pci or usb and whatever else you can think of.

It does save time that way instead of

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