T-21 Thinkpad & PS2 Mouse

[oldbob]

I have Kubuntu [ver 6.06] installed on my T-21 Thinkpad as a dual boot. I have a PS2 mouse plugged in BUT it is inoperative, the Track Pointer does work.

How can I make the mouse operational as it was on other distros

[biophysics]

Re: T-21 Thinkpad & PS2 Mouse

can you try:
sudo modprobe -v psmouse

If this works add it to your

/etc/modprobe.conf.local file

[oldbob]

Re: T-21 Thinkpad & PS2 Mouse

biophysics,

Thanks for response, tried your code no results.

Today, I booted up Thinkpad with Win98SE and found that mouse is ALSO INOP !!! Appears problem is in GRUB bootloader.

I would switch to LILO if I knew how !!

[dibl]

Re: T-21 Thinkpad & PS2 Mouse

with Win98SE and found that mouse is ALSO INOP !!! Appears problem is in GRUB bootloader.

Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr .... if Win 98 was running, and the mouse was inoperable, then you've got a mouse/bus/BIOS problem (hardware), NOT a Grub problem. Grub does not impair Windows in any way, shape, or form, once it is launched, AFAIK.

:P

[oldbob]

Re: T-21 Thinkpad & PS2 Mouse

dibl,

You're correct, the Win98 problem was the PS2 plug not fully inserted !!

BUT, the mouse is still inop with Kubuntu. I am forced to use the track pointer.

[Snowhog]

Re: T-21 Thinkpad & PS2 Mouse

Try rebooting. When at the Grub menu, press e to edit the first boot entry item and type:

acpi=off

and then press enter. See if that makes a difference.

(Reference: ps2 mouse does not work in Feisty FINAL VERSION [Bug Report]

[oldbob]

Re: T-21 Thinkpad & PS2 Mouse

Snowhog,

Thanks for response, your tip didn't make any difference.

[Snowhog]

Re: T-21 Thinkpad & PS2 Mouse

Well, at least one possibility has been eliminated. :P

Can you post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file for review?

[oldbob]

Re: T-21 Thinkpad & PS2 Mouse

Snowhog,

Since I can't get on line with my Thinkpad/Kubuntu, I have to boot up this Forum on my Win98SE desktop then "copy" the xorg.conf file from my Thinkpad. Here it is.

Section "Input Device"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "dev/input/mouse"
Option "Protocol" " Explorer"
Option "ZAxisMapper" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Button" "True"

I hope this is enough.

[Snowhog]

Re: T-21 Thinkpad & PS2 Mouse

Okay. More helpful would be for you to copy and paste the entire file. Given your current situation, you could copy the file to a floppy then connect with your other PC and post from the file on the floppy.

That said, here is the "mouse" section of my xorg.conf file:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

You'll note the difference between yours and mine is the "Device" and "Protocol" lines. The first approach would be to edit your xorg.conf file and change these two entries (making a copy of the original file FIRST!), saving the changed file and rebooting to see what affect (if any) it has on your laptop. If that doesn't work, reboot to the CLI, log in, then reconfigure the x xerver:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

and ensure that you select the correct mouse type.