No Mouse

[wartak]

hi gyuys,i'm having trouble with this new operating system i mean the linux os.there is no mouse or it ddnt detect the mouse. but in my previous os which is windows xp it works fine everything, but when i installed the linux i like i said it ddn't detect the mouse. Could u give me some advice regarding this problem ples. Im using the Linspire linux


thenks in advance

[kage]

What kind of mouse are you using? How is it connected (usb, ps/2, serial, etc)?

[wartak]

im using the ps/2 i think the one which has the round end. hope we can solve this prob of mine,wel thanks for the response,see u later guys

[kage]

Try disabling 'Legacy USB Support' in your bios, see if that changes anything.

Also try giving the following as kenel boot parameters:
psmouse.proto=imps
i8042.nomux

You could give this a look as well:

http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~danlee/fun/psaux/

[wartak]

but where should i go,i dont know what to do nor to find this things,could u elaborate more on how to do this me myself find it hard to find this psmouse.proto=imps.

and thanks for the time and advice that you are giving me.

[kage]

What bootloader are you using (grub or lilo)? If its grub, you can press 'e' on the one you use to boot linux to edit it, then press 'e' again at the kernel line (it will start with 'kernel') at the end of that line is where you put : psmouse.proto=imps i8042.nomux. There is a guide in my signature that will show you how to edit grub to do this each time.

If its not grub, and you're using lilo, let me know. You can't change the boot paramaters of lilo from the lilo menu, they have to be changed through /etc/lilo.conf, and then lilo must be re-installed.