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 > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > --