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Thread ID: 77418 2007-03-09 01:34:00 PS2 mouse doesnt work in Linux ronyville (10611) Press F1
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531419 2007-03-09 07:34:00 Press CTRL+ALT+Backspace - that should do the trick.

Nope... still not working. I think i just might have to reinstall linux or use a mouse each for the 2 machines.. 		ronyville (10611)
531420 2007-03-09 08:07:00 Can you repost your updated xorg.conf here? Erayd (23)
531421 2007-03-09 08:18:00 Heres the last changes that I made to it..

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "Dell P990"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
HorizSync 30.0 - 96.0
VertRefresh 48.0 - 120.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "sis"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection 		ronyville (10611)
531422 2007-03-09 10:38:00 Interesting - is there a reason you are only using 16 bit colour? 24bit (also known as 32bit colour by Win) looks a lot better. Erayd (23)
531423 2007-03-09 11:06:00 Interesting - is there a reason you are only using 16 bit colour? 24bit (also known as 32bit colour by Win) looks a lot better.

Not really. How can i change it to 24 bit? 		ronyville (10611)
531424 2007-03-09 11:26:00 Change these to 24:

DefaultDepth 16
Depth 16 		Erayd (23)
531425 2007-03-09 11:38:00 Change these to 24:

DefaultDepth 16
Depth 16

Done, logged out and back in again.. looks the same as before..not much difference. 		ronyville (10611)
531426 2007-03-13 02:56:00 After i couldnt make the ps2 mouse work..I just reinstalled linux (FC6) and after the installation the mouse was working fine. But after the 245 updates that i did and when i rebooted the machine the mouse stopped working again..:annoyed: so m guessing its the updates that stuffed up the mouse in the first place and now again ..:confused: ronyville (10611)
531427 2007-03-13 08:27:00 Bizzare.

I had a wee search of the Fedora forum and found this - PS/2 mouse workaround for 2.6.19 kernels (forums.fedoraforum.org). From those comments, it looks like it is associated with a specific kernel in combination with your particular BIOS. That looks like a newer kernel so you must of picked it up in your updates. I don't bother much with updates unless I have a specific problem or wish to update a program so I am still on kernel 2.6.18-1.2849. I do get the security update emails so I update anything critical mentioned in those. 		Jen (38)
531428 2007-03-13 09:02:00 Bizzare.

I had a wee search of the Fedora forum and found this - PS/2 mouse workaround for 2.6.19 kernels (forums.fedoraforum.org). From those comments, it looks like it is associated with a specific kernel in combination with your particular BIOS. That looks like a newer kernel so you must of picked it up in your updates. I don't bother much with updates unless I have a specific problem or wish to update a program so I am still on kernel 2.6.18-1.2849. I do get the security update emails so I update anything critical mentioned in those.

Is there a way that I can undo that particular update??? 		ronyville (10611)
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