Other Help Topics :: DSL 2.3 and USB Mice (Will not detect)



Hi there. I'm not exactly sure what's up with the latest DSL 2.3 release, but on my machine with the following system specs below, it will not detect the USB mouse no matter what, but it does detect the USB keyboard just fine. I have tried "DSL xsetup" and even "DSL waitusb" to no avail.

Dell Dimension 3100
P4 3.0 ghz w/Hyperthreading
1 gig ram
Geforce 6200 with 128mb ram
Dell USB mouse and keyboard

Strangely enough DSL 2.1 detects the mouse just fine, as does FeatherLinux. :p
I'm using a USB mouse with DSL-2.3. I find that I need to wiggle the mouse a little after bootup to get it going, but after that it's fine.
You picked USB mouse in xsetup, right?
Quote (doobit @ April 11 2006,08:49)
I'm using a USB mouse with DSL-2.3. I find that I need to wiggle the mouse a little after bootup to get it going, but after that it's fine.
You picked USB mouse in xsetup, right?

Yes I did pick USB mouse in Xsetup and still no go. I'll try wiggling the mouse steadily as it boot's up. If that work's then I will be amazed. :D
Well, I tried wiggling the mouse and no luck. It basically turned off the USB mouse and it didn't reactivate after that. I did notice though that it mentioned it couldn't find "etc/sysconfig/mouse", which DSL 2.1 never did.
For the heck of it I tried Knoppix 5 DVD version and it detected the mouse fine. So in a way I'm not entirely sure why the old 2.1 release of DSL detected my mouse, but the new one doesn't.
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