-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 04 March 2004 06:50 pm, Michael Satterwhite wrote: > On Thursday 04 March 2004 21:08, Kent West wrote: > > Michael Satterwhite wrote: > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > >Hash: SHA1 > > > > > >I just installed Debian on a laptop, but apparently entered the > > > mouse configuration incorrectly. The problem, of course, is that > > > I can't move the mouse cursor, so I can't select anything. > > > > > >I'm sure there's a way to reconfigure the mouse at this point > > > without reloading everything. Would someone be so kind as to help > > > here? > > > > No, you don't have to reload everything. But you've failed to tell > > us if you're talking about the console mouse, or the mouse in X > > (two different, but likely related, critters), what kernel you're > > using, and what type of mouse (usb, ps2, etc). > > Again, I must be getting senile. I'm usually accused of giving too > much detail. This time I'm *VERY* guilty of not giving even a small > part of what's needed. I sincerely apologize. > > I'm running in KDE. > I'm using a Logitech optical wheel mouse connected through the USB > port I'm referring to the X Mouse. > It's running on a Dell Inspiron (I'm almost *POSITIVE* this isn't > relevant, but after my bout with stupidity, I want to be complete) > I think that's everything. > > > I really do appreciate any help you can offer. And I *DO* apologize > for my lack of initial information.
I am not sure if Woody has any of these packages. Sarge is pretty stable right now so I have switched over to it. Sarge has HW detection, installs a USB mouse with no problem. One of packages that do HW detection is discover. 'Hotplug' is helpful for configuring USB devices. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFASAQ8k7rtxKWZzGsRAvQOAJ96djixdcy91DoNYcVHMQoW8uvESgCgiq9G 7JgZSo9q4JhLlenaf/kOg3U= =lR/1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
