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Xubuntu can't find the mouse?

Asked by pointyblue

I've just installed Xubuntu 7.04 from the alternate install iso on a 150 mhz computer with 190 mb ram and a 10 gb hd.

Amazingly, Xubuntu seems to be loading as it should but it doesn't find my mouse!?!

It's a standard 2-button ball mouse with a scroll wheel. When I run DamnSmallLinux or PuppyLinux on the computer there's no problem with the mouse - it must be Xubuntu related.

Do any of you have an idea on how to make Xubuntu find the mouse?

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Omid Alemi (omid) said : 		#1

What is type of your mouse ( serial , USB, PS2 )?

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pointyblue (pointyblue) said : 		#2

It's PS2.

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Rodrigo Donado (frezeeer) said : 		#3

Hi:

can you put your /etc/X11/xorg.conf ?

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pointyblue (pointyblue) said : 		#4

Hmmm... How exactly do I do that?

Remember I'm not able to use the mouse, so I can't access the terminal.

Do you know if and how it can be done if I start Xubuntu in text mode?

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Omid Alemi (omid) said : 		#5

press ctrl + alt + F1 and then you'll get a terminal, login.
then type nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
there find a section begining with somthing like this:
Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"

and paste them here.

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Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) said : 		#6

I believe this problem has been fixed with a kernel update.
Are you using the latest kernel, did you install updates?
Please provide the output of the following command on a terminal: $ cat /proc/version_signature

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pointyblue (pointyblue) said : 		#7

When I type nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf and scroll down to Section InputDevice I get:

          Driver "wacom"
          Identifier "stylus"
          Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
          Option "Type" "stylus"
          Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
     EndSection

It seems there's no mouse configured?

When I type cat /proc/version_signature I get:

          Ubuntu 2.6.20-15.27-generic

I've tried sudo aptitude update and sudo aptitude upgrade but this doesn't update the kernel... Is there a specific command I can use to update the kernel?

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Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) said : 		#8

> It seems there's no mouse configured?
Please run the following command from a terminal an check again:
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure -p high xserver-xorg

> Is there a specific command I can use to update the kernel
$ sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic
This package always depends on the latest kernel.

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pointyblue (pointyblue) said : 		#9

The kernel update did it! Everything is now working as it should.

Thanks for helping out!

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Hardi2000 (eschellmann2000) said : 		#10

Hello, on my Xubuntu 8.04 burned CD is a checksum error with Thunderbird from Mozilla. Is it possible to download from Mozilla a Linux version and install it afterwards? Thanks for any advise. Hardi2000