From: Biju C. <bij...@vs...> - 2002-09-19 10:40:54
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On Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:03:07 +0100, Jim Lesurf wrote: > As an experiment, I got hold of a cheap USB/PS2 mouse. (Genius > NetScroll+). This gives some curious results. > > If I plug it into a USB port, then turn on the machine, the USB > reports finding the mouse during the bootup. However when I am on the > X desktop, the mouse has no effect whatsoever. I had thought the point > of USB was that this would simply work 'automatically'. This month's > "Linux Format" magazine seems to indicate this should happen. No dice, > though. I've never used a USB Mouse so I'm not sure what the correct behavior should be. In general, however, on RH 7.3 you would need to make sure that a service called 'kudzu' is run at boot up to auto-configure plug-and-play h/w. You can check if this is happening by running an app called ntsysv on a terminal as root. If you wanted to configure it manually, you can run 'mouseconfig' or edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. These instructions are correct for RH. YMMV. -- b -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Biju 'botsie' Chacko biju_chacko at vsnl dot net http://www.symonds.net/~botsie ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |