changing mouse settings

[thinnmann]

Linux thinks I have a PS2 mouse, but I have a standard generic 2-button serial mouse. I tried to change the mouse type in the KDE desktop with root priviliges, but the change does not stick. Is there another way to change my mouse type without reinstalling for the 4th time?

(This is a Mandrake Linux for Windows 7.2 commercial distrubution installation running in a virtual swap file booted from windows.)

[Strike]

Yeah, it's an X configuration issue, not a KDE one. Run XF86Setup as root, and you should be able to specify it there.