no mouse after install

[Santiago Erquicia]

On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 08:55 -0700, Thomas Gill wrote:
> You can try a ctrl+alt+<backspace>to get to command line and then try
> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree then look in nano
> -w /etc/X11/XF86Config ctrl o to save plus enter then ctrl x to exit It
> should look somthing like this;
> Section "InputDevice"
> 	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
> 	Driver		"mouse"
> 	Option		"CorePointer"
> 	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
> 	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
> 	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
> EndS
> 
> 
> 
> I tried the previous advice, but response to sudo command was: xserver-xfree not installed
> 
> Do I have to be logged in as root, and if so, what is root password??. Don't recall being prompted for that during the installation. 

You just need to use sudo with your password.  If you want to become
root, use "sudo su" and again your password.

I don't have a clue about the other things :(

> 
> Any responses, please bear in mind I have NO experience with Linux command line.  Original post described how I had no mouse function after installation, and had same problem with a Fedora install. Thanks.
> 
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