Andy Stewart <andystewart@comcast.net> wrote:
On Sunday 06 March 2005 7:20 pm, philrmcss@netscape.net wrote:
I have installed Suse Linux Home Edition 8.0 on my machine. Something went wrong when it installed, and it won't see my mouse. Hence, I can't navigate within it. Can anyone tell me how to uninstall it, and restore my hard drive to its original configuration, until I can install another version?
Thanks
Phil
Hi Phil,
If you give us more info, we might be able to help you fix the mouse. What type of mouse do you have? Is it a PS/2 mouse, a USB interface, or is it perhaps a serial mouse? Feel free to describe the connector if you're unsure.
Later,
Andy
-- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org
Andy: Just because I can, I have 3 mouses (mice?) connected to my machine: a PS-2 2-button track-ball wannabe, a USB microsoft thumb-driven trackball, and a USB optical (as opposed to the little ball in the bottom) 3-button mouse. In windows, they all control the cursor quite well. When I try to log in to Linux, the moment that I touch a mouse (even if I only have one -- any one -- mouse connected, my cursor moves extremely rapidly to the top of the screen, and out of sight. My next move is to re-boot and go into Gates-ville. When's the next meeting? Where? I attended a meeting over a year ago, and you'd just moved into that multi-media room. Thanks. Phil __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp
Get to a command-line and forward along a copy of your X server config file. This is either /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/X11/xorg.conf depending on whether you are running XFree86 or X.org... That combined with the information you just sent should be enough to triage. My only concern is that you are getting events from two pointers on the usb bus that both think they are the correct mouse. That's most likely your problem, but the X server config will shed more light. -Jared On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 23:47:52 -0500, philrmcss@netscape.net <philrmcss@netscape.net> wrote:
Andy Stewart <andystewart@comcast.net> wrote:
On Sunday 06 March 2005 7:20 pm, philrmcss@netscape.net wrote:
I have installed Suse Linux Home Edition 8.0 on my machine. Something went wrong when it installed, and it won't see my mouse. Hence, I can't navigate within it. Can anyone tell me how to uninstall it, and restore my hard drive to its original configuration, until I can install another version?
Thanks
Phil
Hi Phil,
If you give us more info, we might be able to help you fix the mouse. What type of mouse do you have? Is it a PS/2 mouse, a USB interface, or is it perhaps a serial mouse? Feel free to describe the connector if you're unsure.
Later,
Andy
-- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org
Andy:
Just because I can, I have 3 mouses (mice?) connected to my machine: a PS-2 2-button track-ball wannabe, a USB microsoft thumb-driven trackball, and a USB optical (as opposed to the little ball in the bottom) 3-button mouse. In windows, they all control the cursor quite well. When I try to log in to Linux, the moment that I touch a mouse (even if I only have one -- any one -- mouse connected, my cursor moves extremely rapidly to the top of the screen, and out of sight. My next move is to re-boot and go into Gates-ville.
When's the next meeting? Where? I attended a meeting over a year ago, and you'd just moved into that multi-media room.
Thanks.
Phil
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Andy:
Just because I can, I have 3 mouses (mice?) connected to my machine: a PS-2 2-button track-ball wannabe, a USB microsoft thumb-driven trackball, and a USB optical (as opposed to the little ball in the bottom) 3-button mouse. In windows, they all control the cursor quite well. When I try to log in to Linux, the moment that I touch a mouse (even if I only have one -- any one -- mouse connected, my cursor moves extremely rapidly to the top of the screen, and out of sight. My next move is to re-boot and go into Gates-ville.
HI Phil, Jared is right....we'd need to see your X server config file. In the mean time, I'd try with just one mouse connected. That should work.
When's the next meeting? Where? I attended a meeting over a year ago, and you'd just moved into that multi-media room.
The next meeting is Wednesday, March 23rd at 7:00 PM. I post meeting info on the WLUG home page at http://www.wlug.org. The meeting topic is TBD. The location is the Access Grid Room (yes, that's the "multi-media room") located in Morgan Hall. Detailed directions and a campus map can be found on the WLUG website. Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org
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