[K12OSN] Fedora 1 - doesn't like PS/2 mouse after update

[Doug Simpson]

Maybe Linux has developed an aversion to anything that says Micro$oft on 
it. . .  ;-)

DS

On Tue, 25 May 2004, Petre Scheie wrote:

> I noticed some similar strange PS/2 mouse behavior when I went from K12lstp ver 
> 2.x to ver. 3.1.2.  I have some Microsoft "Basic Mouse" (that's what the box 
> says), that worked fine on the server and clients under 2.x.  But when I went to 
> 3.x they stopped working.  Usually, the mouse will work for the first several 
> seconds after logging in but then just freeze up.  I suspect the change in 
> XFree86, from 3.x to 4.x, which happened in RH9 I believe, is what caused the 
> problem.  I've got other mice, so it wasn't a show stopper.  But these are nice 
> mice, relatively new, and at this point I can't use them. So, you might see if 
> you can load a 3.x version of X (not sure if Fedora even still includes the old 
> version) and see if that makes any difference.
> 
> Petre
> 
> David Beach wrote:
> > I wanted to try fedora core 1 (the version I have) on a new computer so
> > installed it from my K12LTSP 4 disk set - just checked the 'personal
> > computer' option in setup.
> > 
> > I have an old IBM PS/2 mouse and all worked well - I rebooted and moused
> > around a bit and all seemed OK. (the PS/2 mouse worked just fine after the
> > initial install so I presume this is not a hardware issue.) So I decided to
> > retrieve the updates. I got the kernel and I think some of the other
> > updates. Eventually got the lot loaded. BUT, when it boots (now with either
> > the old or new kernel) the machine chokes and won't run X. Says it has a
> > problem with the mouse. It pops up a clunky window that lets me choose the
> > mouse again. Again, I choose 2 buttun generic PS/2 mouse. Again, it doesn't
> > work! I eventually end up at the command line.
> > 
> > When I plug in another mouse on USB, it works OK. If I use the Mouse panel
> > and reset to PS/2, the computer refuses to recognize the PS/2 mouse even
> > after reboot. So, I could just always use a USB mouse but I'm annoyed the
> > PS/2 worked, then didn't. And I have lots of old PS/2 mice but only one USB!
> > 
> > OK, you bright beans: Why does the computer refuse to work with the PS/2
> > mouse? Is there some little file or folder where I can peek to set this
> > right?
> > 
> > (By the way, the motherboard is a Kobian Mercury 740 CFDMx - a nifty miniATX
> > board with video, audio, LAN, integrated AMD 2200 processor for about $50
> > US. It has an SiS chipset.)
> >   
> > David Beach
> > 
> > 
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Doug Simpson
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DeQueen, AR 71832
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