new install, no mouse

coolvan · 01-03-2020, 07:42 PM

just installed the newest Manjaro. Never used it before. my problem is that it does not recognize my USB mouse, either the radio one or the wired one. I am dual booting this hardware with Win10, and I have no problems there.
if this helps, I also tried installing the latest FerenOS, with the same problem as Manjaro.

I KNOW this is related to my system board, but what could it be? I have set all config options to factory on the system board.
the system BD is a Gigabyte 970a-D3P AMD based.

hazel · 01-04-2020, 11:55 AM

Have you checked if the kernel sees the mouse? If not, it's definitely a hardware problem. But if the mouse is just inactive in X, that could be an issue with the evdev driver. Open a terminal and type

Code:

sudo dmesg|more

then scroll down to find the mouse code (if present). For example, mine reads:

Code:

[   10.595726] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[   10.612918] input: PixArt Lenovo Optical USB Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-3/1-3.4/1-3.4:1.0/0003:17EF:6019.0001/input/input10
[   10.613633] hid-generic 0003:17EF:6019.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [PixArt Lenovo Optical USB Mouse] on usb-0000:00:14.0-3.4/input0