I'm getting too familiar with lynx! mouse problems!

[templest]

Ahh! OK, I've gotten to become really familiar with lynx,
and I don't wanna! Damn mouse won't work, therefor, XFree follows it's example. :rolleyes:

Can someone please help me!?

heh, I look pretty "leet" typing into the console all "hacker like" :D
BUT IT SUCKS!

Really, this is horribly annoying.

I just finished a gentoo stage1 install with all available packages, It's a Cordless MouseMan Optical mouse if that helps, using the standard gentoo kernel.

Whoever helps me will get a thankyou postcard in the mail! :D

EDIT: Whoever gets it working first that is. I can't go sending around dozens of postcards! ;)

[gehidore]

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"(or /dev/psaux)
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"


try editing your XF86config to look like this.

[templest]

Originally posted by gehidore

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"(or /dev/psaux)
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"


try editing your XF86config to look like this.

"cannot open device /dev/input/mice
no such file or directory.
Fatal server error:
failed to initialize core devices."

The same goes for /dev/psaux. Could it be that the mouse is hooked up w/ USB that's causing the error?

[Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379]

Is it a USB mouse?

You didn't really specify what it was-- that would really help, you know ;)

[gehidore]

it would appear that you screwed up with your kernel config.

did you add hid support in your kernel?

try from CLI


cat /dev/psaux
OR
cat /dev/input/mice
OR
cat /dev/input/mouse0
OR
cat /dev/usb


move your mouse around, if random stuff gets printed across the screen then thats the correct device.
ctrl+c will close each one. if one of them does work replace the /dev/input/mice in your XF86config with the one that worked.

[templest]

err, none of those worked. :mad:

I didn't customize the kernel too much except for support for my network card and CPU along with some other random stuff. I'll see if recompiling it with what you said works.

[templest]

nope, I remade it with every concievable support for anything that has to do with USB and it still won't run. :(

any more ideas?

[moojuece]

easy cheaters way out i think....boot to knoppix and copy the XF86Config
worth a try?

[knute]

Well, do you have hotplug running at all?

Does it show up in /proc/bus/usb/devices?

What is the output of dmesg |grep usb?

[templest]

meh, in a fit of rage, I reinstalled Slackware 9.1,
I'll try it again next weekend. I can't afford to be PC-less during the weekdays. So for now I'll put this on hold. But most likely I'll revive this thread on friday evening. :rolleyes:

[mdwatts]

Are you running lynx while booted to X/KDE/Gnome etc. or in text mode (runlevel 3)?