Mouse (PS/2) not working in FC2

[John Lagrue]

Dan Stromberg wrote:

>I'm having much the same the problem (FC2 doesn't work, FC1 does), with
>a Logitech 3 button mouse (no scroll wheel).  On the back it says
>Mouseman Serial-Mouseport.
>
>I've tried a number of things to get it to work, detailed in redhat
>bugzilla https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120859 .
>
>If others are having ps/2 mouse problems with fc2 but not fc1, I hope
>you'll add a "me too" to this bug # so redhat will be able to make
>fixing it a priority.
>
>On Thu, 2004-05-20 at 15:46, Tomasz Jaszkin wrote:
>  
>
>>Since switching from Core 1 to Core 2, my PS/2 Scroll Wheel mouse has 
>>not been working.
>>
>>It was fine in FC1, but stopped working in FC2 Test 2 and Test 3.  The 
>>final release also fails to make it work.
>>
>>My /etc/X11/xorg.conf file contains these lines:
>>
>>Section "InputDevice"
>>	Identifier  "Mouse0"
>>	Driver      "mouse"
>>	Option	    "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
>>	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>>	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>>	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
>>EndSection
>>
>>
>>I've tried changing the protocol to various things.
>>
>>Are there other configuration files I should check, or include here to 
>>help find the problem?
>>
>>The mouse has two buttons and scroll wheel which also acts as button 3. 
>>  It has "Trekker" written on it, and if you open it up, you'll see 
>>Microsoft stamped components in it.  In fact it looks exactly like a the 
>>same mouse that has "Microsoft" written where "Trekker" is, only 
>>difference is in price!
>>
>>Tomasz Jaszkin
>>    
>>
I am running FC2 on an Acer laptop and am finding that I keep getting 
superfluous signals coming from both the mouse AND the touchpad, 
resulting in wierd selections all over the screen. It's driving me nuts!

JDL