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291363 2004-11-13 23:02:00 JZep----- Thankyou very much.
:-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Chill-----Here's the output:

hippy@flaptop:~> cat /etc/X/XF86Config | grep psaux
cat: /etc/X/XF86Config: No such file or directory
hippy@flaptop:~>
hippy@flaptop:~> cat /etc/X11/XF86Config | grep psaux
InputDevices "/dev/psaux"
hippy@flaptop:~>

Does this mean anything to you? it means very little to me! :p

Chris 		personthingy (1670)
291364 2004-11-14 00:07:00 Same here.

It's optical right? If so, does it light up when you plug it in?

It doing so is independant of software, so if it doesn't you either have a dud mouse or dud USB ports.

Cheers George 		george12 (7)
291365 2004-11-14 00:19:00 It should be simple. But it will require a bit of reading the instructions. :D

USB mice (and USB keyboards) use the Human Interface Devices protocol, so you need HID support compiled in, and have the appropriate modules loaded, and have the write lines in the X11 configuration file.

"usb mouse linux" to Google will give you the links you need. Read the first few, but especially the fourth : "Setting up a USB mouse for X11" , which actually applies to Suse (7). 		Graham L (2)
291366 2004-11-14 00:20:00 george12------- Your so right! It's optical!

............and yes it lights up with a cool red glow during the boot up process, so i suppose that means that at some level things are at least connected!

:-)
Chris 		personthingy (1670)
291367 2004-11-14 00:44:00 Okay, basically you need to edit /etc/X/XF86Config
I like nano, but YMMV.

Edit it, look for /dev/psaux and replace it with /dev/mouse 		Chilling_Silence (9)
291368 2004-11-14 02:00:00 Chill------Edit the file??

Are we talking the file that says:
"PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE" ?

Well here's the whole file, i was about to through caution to the wind, and see what happens, but i'm going to take Grahams advice, and read the instructions first.
:-)


# /.../
# SaX generated XFree86 config file
# Created on: 2004-11-10T08:33:04+1300.
#
# Version: 4.8
# Contact: Marcus Schaefer <sax@suse.de>, 2002
#
# Automatically generated by [ISaX] (4.8)
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!
#

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest"
FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS0"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS1"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS2"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS3"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS4"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS5"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS6"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS7"
InputDevices "/dev/ttyS8"
InputDevices "/dev/psaux"
InputDevices "/dev/logibm"
InputDevices "/dev/sunmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/atibm"
InputDevices "/dev/amigamouse"
InputDevices "/dev/atarimouse"
InputDevices "/dev/inportbm"
InputDevices "/dev/gpmdata"
InputDevices "/dev/mouse"
InputDevices "/dev/usbmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/adbmouse"
InputDevices "/dev/input/mice"
InputDevices "/dev/input/event0"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer0"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer1"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer2"
InputDevices "/dev/pointer3"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "v4l"
Load "type1"
Load "speedo"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "keyboard"
Identifier "Keyboard[0]"
Option "Protocol" "Standard"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "ButtonNumber" "5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Name" "Autodetection"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Vendor" "Sysp"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
Option "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry"
DisplaySize 285 215
HorizSync 31-48
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "1024X768@60HZ"
VendorName "--> VESA"
VertRefresh 50-60
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection


Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
Modeline "1024x768" 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806
EndSection


Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection


Section "Device"
BoardName "SiS315PRO"
BusID "0:9:0"
Driver "sis"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Screen 0
VendorName "SiS"
EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout[all]"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
Option "Clone" "off"
Option "Xinerama" "off"
Screen "Screen[0]"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0660
EndSection 		personthingy (1670)
291369 2004-11-14 02:54:00 Fire up SaX2 and see if it'll help...... Chilling_Silence (9)
291370 2004-11-14 05:48:00 After messing with the X86Config file and broke things to the point where i had to use the demo-knoppix CD that was in flaptop when i bought it to fix things.

I'm now resorting to READING THE INSTRUCTIONS!!!!!!!
:-)

Interesting thing was that under the knoppix live CD, BOTH mice were running, so it's definitely a configuration problem

:-)
Chris 		personthingy (1670)
291371 2004-11-14 06:01:00 Hi Chris :)

If both devices worked under Knoppix, why not boot the lappy again with it and take a look at its XF86Config settings for the Pointer section? It may give you some clues to what is wrong with SuSE's configuration. 		Jen C (20)
291372 2004-11-14 06:04:00 Why not go one step further and backup your current one - Then nick off with the Knoppix one entirely! Chilling_Silence (9)
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