no mouse after install ... thanks everyone for your help .. nothing has worked ...no more time for this.... back to WinXP for me ... with regret.

[Thomas Gill]

Andy wrote:

> Thomas Gill wrote:
>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>    Identifier    "Configured Mouse"
>>    Driver        "mouse"
>>    Option        "CorePointer"
>>    Option        "Device"        "/dev/input/mice"
>>    Option        "Protocol"        "ImPS/2"
>>    Option        "Emulate3Buttons"    "true"
>>    Option        "ZAxisMapping"        "4 5"
>> EndSection
>>
>>
>> As previously mentioned , I am using a Dexxa/Labtec optical 2-button 
>> wheel mouse on PS/2 port.
>>
>
> Nothing obviously wrong with that (it's the same as mine!) but I don't 
> know what the correct protocol for your mouse is. A couple of 
> suggestions:
>
> 1. I believe you said that Knoppix worked on that PC? Boot it up and 
> have a look at the same file under Knoppix. It may not be the same but 
> it may give some clues.
>
> 2. Try changing the protocol to Auto - not sure if this works under 
> Ubuntu but it does with some distros. Other values you could try (not 
> sure if this makes sense for Ubuntu - it's taken from the comments in 
> another distro's XF86Config-4 file):
>
> # The available mouse protocols types that you can set below are:
> #    Auto BusMouse GlidePoint GlidePointPS/2 IntelliMouse IMPS/2
> #    Logitech Microsoft MMHitTab MMSeries Mouseman MouseManPlusPS/2
> #    MouseSystems NetMousePS/2 NetScrollPS/2 OSMouse PS/2 SysMouse
> #    ThinkingMouse ThinkingMousePS/2 Xqueue
> #    Option "Protocol"    "Microsoft"
>
> HTH
>
> Andy
>