no mouse after install

[PsyK]

To Change the root password, reboot the computer as Linux Recovery
mode, and then simply type passwd and change the password. I'm
relatively new to linux, so this can not be the more optimal mode of
doing this, but it worked for me.
For the mouse issue, try doing this:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

Hope this helps :)

On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 12:12:23 -0700, Thomas Gill <thomasgill at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> 
> Santiago Erquicia wrote:
> 
> >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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> Well, I got as far as   'then look in nano'    with this. Haven't a clue
> what that means.
> 
> Still looking for an answer to : what is the root password for the
> default Ubuntu installation. I was only prompted for User password. Does
> 'sudo su' plus my user password give me full root priviledge?
> 
> BTW, I can boot up with mouse support into Knoppix v3.3. Why not Ubuntu?
> 
> 
> 
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