mouse wont move!

[siadow]

hi
finally managed install on amd 64 of dapper 6.06.1 but now my mouse wont work!!!!!!!!
im a real newbie and dont know wot to try?
mouse works fine in live cd but is stuck in centre of screen when i boot from hard drive. ( hard drive is sata)
any ideas would be greatly appreciated

thanks in advance

[askrieger]

Re: mouse wont move!

0) Please don't post the same problem in two identical messages in two separate forums. It is discourteous. why should we help you, if you are discourteous to us? As a moderator, I have removed your other message.

1) Go back to the live CD, Find the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf in Konqueror. You will find a section that looks like something like this:

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

2) Copy it down EXACTLY.

3)Restart the installed version in "recovery mode" (the second line in the boot menu. Your computer will come up in a full screen, black and white console. Enter your password when asked. Now enter the command "sudo nano -B /etc/X11/xorg.conf". Enter your password, again when asked.

4) You are now using a console editor called nano, that does not need a mouse, to edit the xorg.conf file of your installed system. You navigate by using the arrow keys on your keyboard. Change the mouse section of this file to look EXACTLY like the one in the live CD version. Save it with the keystroke Ctl-O, then exit with Ctl-X.

5) Start the GUI with the command "startx", (that's one word).

[siadow]

Re: mouse wont move!

hi thanx for help........... BUT

i followed all instructions and have got to the recovery mode and typed sudo nano ........

the prompt doesnt ask for password and i cannot select the mouse option '-m'
my up and down cursors wont move and typing -m or --mouse comes up with command not known?

i feel i am so close but my

IGNORANCE

is stopping me succeed.

pleeeeeeeeeeese help again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kubicle]

Re: mouse wont move!

the prompt doesnt ask for password

The recovery mode should open up a root console so it doesn't ask for a password as it normally would (you don't need to prefix nano with 'sudo' either, as you're root already)

and i cannot select the mouse option '-m'
my up and down cursors wont move and typing -m or --mouse comes up with command not known?

Are you trying to open nano with mouse support? (the -m option)
It probably won't work since your mouse isn't functional

Do you mean you can't use the arrows keys to move in the nano-editor when you run:

nano -B /etc/X11/xorg.conf

?
That sounds strange, do the arrow keys work normally otherwise?

[siadow]

Re: mouse wont move!

hi thankx for prompt reply.

yeah my arrow keys work fine normally but on that screen i can not move away from the command prompt line. moving the up and down arrows just changes wot i have typed in.
eg if i type -m then enter, nothing happens so i delete -m and try -M, and hit enter, still nothing. now if i press the up arrow, the -M goes back to my last typed entry -m

aaaaaaaaaaaargh

help pleeeeeeeeeeeeeese!!!!!!!!

xx

[kubicle]

Re: mouse wont move!

yeah my arrow keys work fine normally but on that screen i can not move away from the command prompt line. moving the up and down arrows just changes wot i have typed in.
eg if i type -m then enter, nothing happens so i delete -m and try -M, and hit enter, still nothing. now if i press the up arrow, the -M goes back to my last typed entry -m

Looks like you haven't been able to start the nano editor (you're still in the command prompt, the arrow keys work like that in the CLI...they browse the command history)

What happens when you type:

nano -B /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and press Enter?
Any error messages?
Does nano start? (You should see the text editor window in the console with the xorg.conf file ready to edit)

And don't try typing '-m' or anything else on the console, just

nano -B /etc/X11/xorg.conf

and press Enter

(The proper usage for the mouse option is 'nano -B -m /etc/X11/xorg.conf' but the option won't do you any good until you get your mouse working...which you're trying to do by editing the xorg.conf file)

[siadow]

Re: mouse wont move!

hi thankx again for quick reply.

i typed in exactly as you suggested and i get the same screen as last night.
i cannot move arrows up or down and -m does not work. before you swear at your screen, i did wait and look for new box or editer thing to appear but it didnt!!!!!

any more help would be gratefully appreciated!

yours the newest of newbies!!!!!!!!

[kubicle]

Re: mouse wont move!

So you're getting the nano editor screen?

Are you sure you're typing it exactly as it is, 'X11' is not the same as 'x11'
(Capital and lower-case letters aren't interchangeable on linux)

[siadow]

Re: mouse wont move!

hi sorry to not make myself clear. i am typing nano -B /etc/X11/xorg.conf correctly and i get a full screen ( black and white ) of choices displayed as , for example -m --mouse blah blah blah and so on. at btm of screen is a command prompt line. i type -m and hit enter and it comes up with something like bash bad command / command not known. No new box / screen appears

i apologise for not being very clear

[kubicle]

Re: mouse wont move!

Right, seems to me you're describing the help screen that list the available options of the command/program in question (in this case 'nano'). The help information usually comes up when the command is not understood (bad options or format for example)

Let's try a different route:

1. Backup your xorg.conf with:

cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.orig

(this copies your xorg.conf as xorg.conf.orig)

2. Start nano with:

nano

(now you should see the nano-editor window, with 'GNU Nano' in the top left corner)

3. Open xorg.conf for editing
   a. Press Ctrl+r
       (Read file)
   b. Write
        /etc/X11/xorg.conf and press Enter

4. Now you should have the xorg.conf file open for editing
    (now you can follow askrieger's instructions earlier on this thread)

[siadow]

Re: mouse wont move!

hello again
managed to get into nano screen with GNU nano at top.

i typed all the stuff form Askgrieger as carefully as i could.

but
ctrl-O did nothing!
ctrl-x went to screen where it asked for file name.
i typed the /etc/x11thing and managed to save.
i typed startx
screen now shows Parse error on line 139 of section server layout in file /etc/X11/........
"section" is not a valid keyword in this section.


i feel we are really close this time!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kubicle]

Re: mouse wont move!

i feel we are really close this time!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well closer atleast, looks like you've been able to open/edit/and save your xorg.conf file

However, you made some sort of an error editing it (like the error message implies, on line 139)

Did you just add the new lines to the end of the file?

Try replacing the old configuration for mouse (if one exists) with the new lines.
There should be several Section "InputDevice" -blocks in the file...one of which is the mouse configuration.

If you mangle the xorg.conf 'beyond recognition', you may create a new one with

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

And answering the questions about your hardware (this is actually a valid option if you can't get your mouse to work by manually editing the xorg.conf)

[siadow]

Re: mouse wont move!

hello yet again!
in reading your latest reply, can i query wot i see on my screen please?

(Did you just add the new lines to the end of the file? )

i found page with lots of input device as u suggest. i placed cursor under mouse section and typed my new stuff in.

SO, is this where i went wrong? Should i have deleted words "Section input device " and then typed my stuff?

as usual, sorry yet again to sound like a real fool.

[kubicle]

Re: mouse wont move!

i found page with lots of input device as u suggest. i placed cursor under mouse section and typed my new stuff in.

SO, is this where i went wrong? Should i have deleted words "Section input device " and then typed my stuff?

Seems you found the right section, but rather than adding the new configuration...you should change/replace the old ones (so you don't have two configurations for mouse)

As I mentioned, you can try to reconfigure your xorg if the solution keeps evading you.

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

[siadow]

Re: mouse wont move!

ok, i think im getting somewhere......

i didnt realise i had to scroll up to find the mouse section.
now i have found it i can CONFIRM that it says exactly the same as the comparable section for the mouse on the live CD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

all words, numbers and "s seem to be in the same places.

Wot now?

yours appreciatively?

as ever