Author Topic: Knoppix: mouse not working  (Read 996 times)

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Knoppix: mouse not working
« on: 10 February 2003, 02:14 »
When I booted the Linux distribution, everything, including internet just worked... except for one thing... the mouse. The mouse cursor just stood still in the middle of the screen. I rebooted, unplugged my PS/2 mouse and connected my serial mouse, but that wasn't succesfull either.

Everything works fine, except the mouse... now this is kinda hard for me, because I don't know the shortcuts...

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Knoppix: mouse not working
« Reply #1 on: 20 February 2003, 17:33 »
Well... I see no-one's gonna help me with this issue...

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Knoppix: mouse not working
« Reply #2 on: 21 February 2003, 03:35 »
sorry, i'd like to help people in here, but i feel i need more help then u ppl...

did u try a usb mouse yet?


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Knoppix: mouse not working
« Reply #3 on: 21 February 2003, 04:00 »
I can't say for sure what the problem may be but when I first tried VectorLinux I had the same problem and there is tons of posts/help available at JustLinux.com (formerly known as Linuxnewbie.org). I would suggest giving them a shot, and would be willing to bet you can find your solution quickly there. It took me all of 5min to fix my mouse.

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Knoppix: mouse not working
« Reply #4 on: 21 February 2003, 13:17 »
quote:
Originally posted by Siplus: linux advocate:
sorry, i'd like to help people in here, but i feel i need more help then u ppl...

did u try a usb mouse yet?



An USB mouse would probably work... the thing is, I don't have one or the money to buy one...

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Knoppix: mouse not working
« Reply #5 on: 21 February 2003, 13:41 »
it does seem really odd to me that knoppix wouldn't work with a serial or ps/2 mouse. many people have those, particularly ps/2 and knoppix is a largely read only system, so there's not a lot of configuring that can be done. what the hell type of ps/2 mouse is it that is not working? is it a problem with the place it is connected into not being detected do you think?
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Knoppix: mouse not working
« Reply #6 on: 21 February 2003, 14:28 »
How is your mouse currently configured?
How is X configured?
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