Fedora mouse issues on a laptop

SoulShaker · 10-04-2006, 12:13 PM

Hello all,
I have Fedora Core 5 installed on my Dell 600m laptop. I installed it a few weeks ago and up to this point I have been using a usb mouse which has worked fine. Last week I got a kvm switch so that I would be able to dock my laptop and use it alongside my desktop. When I boot the laptop when connected to the kvm switch (now using a ps2 mouse), I get the error

"Failed to start the X server (your graphical interface). It seems that the pointer devie (your mouse) is not set up correctly."

I have even tried to disconnect the ps2 mouse and put it into the docking station itself and I get the same message. So I know that the issue must be with my mouse conflicting with the touchpad. However, the funny thing is that if I leave the mouse unplugged during booting, and then plug it in after it is finished, then it works fine. So something is screwing up during boot. I've done some googling on the subject and it looks like the issue must be with the xorg.conf file in /etc/X11. I'm not a linux noob, but by no means am I a guru, so I'm not exactly sure what should be changed in this file, if anything. Here is what the file shows for the mouse and for the touchpad:

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

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
Option "LeftEdge" "120"
Option "RightEdge" "830"
Option "TopEdge" "120"
Option "BottomEdge" "650"
Option "FingerLow" "14"
Option "FingerHigh" "15"
Option "MaxTapMove" "110"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "20"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "20"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.3"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.75"
EndSection

Any help is appreciated.

Brian1 · 10-04-2006, 04:31 PM

Need to add a second Input Device for mouse and then add it to the Server Layout section as well. Check this post out for an example. http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/deb...nel-2-6-a.html

Do a search here for usb ps2 mouse xorg. There are a few here with examples as well.

Note make a backup of the file if something is configured or mistype can cause X not to start. At this this way you will have fall back if that happens.

Brian

SoulShaker · 10-08-2006, 10:35 PM

Well, I've tried adding another Input Device entry in there and trying a variety of parameters but nothing seems to want to work. Would you happen to know exactly what parameters and such should be put in there.

Again just for clarification, this is Fedora Core 5 on a dell 600m laptop and docking station with a PS/2 optical mouse through a kvm switch. Thanks

Brian1 · 10-09-2006, 03:56 PM

Post contents of xorg.conf for a start.

Brian

SoulShaker · 10-15-2006, 12:12 PM

Here is the original xorg.conf file. I have tried adding another InputDevice section for the second mouse and used basically the same parameters as the other one, only changing the name to Mouse1 and adding it to the ServerLayout section. It still did not work, however.

Code:

# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice    "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, a font server independent of the X server is
# used to render fonts.
	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "fbdevhw"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "synaptics"
	Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#	Option	"XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
# or:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
#	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
#
	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 "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Synaptics"
	Driver      "synaptics"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto-dev"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
	Option	    "LeftEdge" "120"
	Option	    "RightEdge" "830"
	Option	    "TopEdge" "120"
	Option	    "BottomEdge" "650"
	Option	    "FingerLow" "14"
	Option	    "FingerHigh" "15"
	Option	    "MaxTapMove" "110"
	Option	    "VertScrollDelta" "20"
	Option	    "HorizScrollDelta" "20"
	Option	    "MinSpeed" "0.3"
	Option	    "MaxSpeed" "0.75"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
	HorizSync    31.5 - 67.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "radeon"
	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
	BoardName   "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 Lf [FireGL 9000]"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
		Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group        0
	Mode         0666
EndSection