a final plea

[wesw at cfl.rr.com]

> Posted the following several days ago ... unless I missed it,
> nobody
> responded:
>
>
> Have been trying to install Ubuntu 4.1.  All seems fine until
> first boot
> when I discover I have a dead mouse ... cursor is there but no
> response.
> In the past have had the same problem with Fedora and Mandrake
> installations, but SUSE 9.1 ( also Knoppix )was OK.
>
> ASUS P4S533X
> Labtec optical 3-button wheel mouse on PS2 port
>
>
>
> ..........config-2.6.8.1-2-386 ............
>
> #
> # Input device support
> #
> CONFIG_INPUT=y
>
> #
> # Userland interfaces
> #
> CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=m
> CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
> CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024
> CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768
> CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX_ENABLE=y
> CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV=m
> CONFIG_INPUT_TSDEV=m
> CONFIG_INPUT_TSDEV_SCREEN_X=240
> CONFIG_INPUT_TSDEV_SCREEN_Y=320
> CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=m
> CONFIG_INPUT_EVBUG=m
>
>
>
> ............XF86Config-4  ..................
>
> 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
>
> Any suggestions most welcomed.

I would first suggest you boot into Knoppix, verify the mouse is working as it should, then look at either your Knoppix XF86Config or XF86Config-4 mouse sections and then duplicate them in your Ubuntu install.  Of course, make sure you edit other places in your config files that reference the identifier and driver if necessary.