In your XF86Config file in the Input Device section for Mouse change the
mouse driver protocol option to IMPS/2:
Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"

This should do the trick, this and having /dev/mouse point to the proper
location...

 -munir


On Fri, 23 Nov 2001, James Spinti wrote:

> I changed from a PS/2 mouse to a USB one.  It doesn't work under X.  The
> kernel finds it (see the dmesg output below).  I am running Mandrake 8.1,
> Xfree 4 with an ATI Rage 128 Xpert.  I modified /etc/sysconfig/usb to mouse
> = on with no effect, manually ran XF86Config and chose Intellimouse as the
> mouse type.  Still nothing :(  I did accept the default setting for the
> mouse of /dev/mouse.  Should I have chosen a different location?  If so,
> what???
>
> usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
> usb.c: registered new driver hub
> usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.259 $ time 17:30:17 Sep 23 2001
> usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
> PCI: Found IRQ 12 for device 00:04.2
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 12 with 00:04.3
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 12 with 00:09.0
> usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xb400, IRQ 12
> usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
> usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
> hub.c: USB hub found
> hub.c: 2 ports detected
> PCI: Found IRQ 12 for device 00:04.3
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 12 with 00:04.2
> PCI: Sharing IRQ 12 with 00:09.0
> usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xb000, IRQ 12
> usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
> usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
> hub.c: USB hub found
> hub.c: 2 ports detected
> usb-uhci.c: v1.251:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
> mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/2, assigned device number 2
> usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x45e/0x1e) is not claimed by any active
> driver.
> usb.c: registered new driver usb_mouse
> usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 3, frame# 1596
> input0: Microsoft Microsoft IntelliMouse® Explorer on usb1:2.0
> usbmouse.c: v1.6:USB HID Boot Protocol mouse driver
> usb.c: registered new driver hiddev
> usb.c: registered new driver hid
>
> Thanks,
>
> James Spinti
> jspinti at dartdist.com
> 952-368-3278 x396
> fax 952-368-3255
>
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