hi guys,

i have just installed vl 4 and everything seems to running fine. however the mouse appears not to be the right one, it just remains stationary in the middle after booting into the gui. because of this i cant change the settings via gui so therefore will need to reset via command line at boot time.

what are the commands and how do i do this?

i am using a two clicker standard mouse with ps 2 attached and piggy backing off an old 6 pin to ps 2 connector.

thanks for your help

cheers

First we need to figure out whether your mouse is working properly:
do: 'cat /dev/mouse'
and move your mouse around. If a bunch of gibberish appears, then you're at least inputting correctly. hit ctrl-C to return to commandline.
If the file doesn't exist, or doesn't work, check your Xf86Config with:
less /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
or whichever the file is on your distro. Look for the inputdevice section for your mouse, and see what device it's pointing to. /dev/psaux, perhaps?
Cat that device and see if it's working.
When you find the right device location, point the config file to that device, and make sure that "protocol" is PS/2 for a standard mouse, or imps/2 for a wheel mouse.

--Rounan

hi Rounan

thanks for reply -- i have managed to get to the information that u have shown me. however how do i edit this entry from the comand line? sorry for the newby question but this one has me racking my brains out!

cheers,
scarpa

"less" is just for reading - sorry, I should have made that clear. To edit, you need a text editor, such as nano, pico, emacs or vi.

nano and vi should come installed, I recommend nano, since it's easier to get the hang of.

nano /etc/XF86Config

--Rounan