wireless intellimouse explorer
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I'm brand new to Linux and am having trouble making my wireless usb mouse work after installing SimplyMEPIS 3.3.1. It's fine on the live CD, but after installing the cursor stay put in the middle of the screen. The "unplug and wait" method doesn't seem to help.
mice
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Not a dumb question at all. But I can't be of much help. Other than to tell you that I have an intellimouse (fairly old, low-end model) that is detected under Mepis 3.3.1 but the batteries are dead so I've never tried it.
If you open a konsole terminal, login as 'su', and then type:
ls /dev/input
this will tell you if your mouse is installed.
You may see more then one mouse listed. If so, you can determine which is one is the correct one by typing:
cat /dev/input/mouseX
and then wiggling your mouse. If it is the correct device, a bunch of garbage text will appear. If its not the right one, nothing will happen.
* You will replace the 'X' above with the number designated for each mouse listing in '/dev/input' (e.g. mouse0, mouse1, mouse2).
However, this won't help you much if the mouse doesn't work to begin with.
So... does your computer have USB 2.0 or USB 1.0? USB can be troublesome with Linux.
Have you tried shutting down and then restarting with the mouse already plugged in?
If you have a high-end intellimouse with a lot of buttons, you may have to edit your '/etc/X11/XF86Config' file. This is not hard to do but I haven't a clue where to find the correct settings to add to the file.
You might check the archives at www.mepislovers.org, I wouldn't be surpised if someone has already had the same issue.
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hello?!?
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was this a stupid question or something?