Congratulations for the forum! Hi from Argentine!

Here goes the first problem posted in the forum (sorry)

The version i'm using is listed at my signature.
I cannot use a mouse, didn't response.
I've tried a serial and a PS/2 mouse.
I've got a pair of clues for you:
-With Window$ both mouses work fine
-Same problem on Spartacus
-Same problem on Debian

Can you help me?

PD: sorry, my english sucks.

Often, issues such as these are related to"legacy" support for usb devices.

Bacause bioses are different in their layout, I can't give you the exact details, but you can look through all of the various settings and try to find a setting related to the usb ports and legacy or keyboard/mouse and turn it on if it's not already.

Mike P

Drizzt wrote:Congratulations for the forum! Hi from Argentine!

Here goes the first problem posted in the forum (sorry)

The version i'm using is listed at my signature.
I cannot use a mouse, didn't response.
I've tried a serial and a PS/2 mouse.
I've got a pair of clues for you:
-With Window$ both mouses work fine
-Same problem on Spartacus
-Same problem on Debian

Can you help me?

PD: sorry, my english sucks.

I installed Spartacus today successfully by using the boot option"smouse" to detect my serial mouse.

Hope this helps.
alaprone

Thnxs to both of you for the intention but...

The bios haven´t legacy options (the bios is legacy __{{emoticon}}__ ) and i've tried to boot with the smouse modifier, but the problem remains.
Any ideas?

Drizzt
Can you post the contents of your xorg.conf (/etc/X11/xorg.conf).

Drizzt wrote: I cannot use a mouse, didn't response.
I've tried a serial and a PS/2 mouse.


PD: sorry, my english sucks.

Your english is good __{{emoticon}}__

Your mouse problem is simple: you either have PS/2 mouse or a serial but not BOTH.

Being the anal perfectionist that i am, i did a manual xorg configuration here's the result, pay attention to the mouse section.

Device: /dev/psaux
Protocol: ImPS/2

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

****************************************************
Section"Files"
EndSection

Section"InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver"kbd"
Option"CoreKeyboard"
Option"XkbRules" "xorg"
Option"XkbModel" "pc105"
Option"XkbLayout" "es"
EndSection

Section"InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver"mouse"
Option"CorePointer"
Option"Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option"Protocol" "ImPS/2"
EndSection

Section"Device"
Identifier "SiS5300"
Driver"sis"
BusID"PCI:1:0:0"
VideoRam 32768
EndSection

Section"Monitor"
Identifier "Samsung SyncMaster 753s"
Option"DPMS"
HorizSync 30-71
VertRefresh 50-160
EndSection

Section"Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device"SiS5300"
Monitor"Samsung SyncMaster 753s"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection"Display"
Modes"1024x768""800x600
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section"ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen"Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

*****************************************************

@anticapitalista: hi buddy, there is a bug when you do a 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg', the lines DO NOT align well, the xorg.conf keeps the first 2 letters, i.e. if i change my keyboard from the default 'us' to 'es' it appears in the xorg.conf as 'uses' denying entry to the Xs system, i cleaned it up from the console and then i was able to enter in graphic mode. Keep the good work!

Thx!
I've already done a copy of the xorg.conf, but I'll wait until try that configuration.
Anyway, I not using both mouses. But, is a laptop, and have a touchpad.

Well, well... I´ll try later

In a terminal type this and post the results:
$ cat /proc/bus/input/devices

This will tell someone who knows what kind of mouse your laptop really has.

Drizzt wrote:Thx!
I've already done a copy of the xorg.conf, but I'll wait until try that configuration.
Anyway, I not using both mouses. But, is a laptop, and have a touchpad.

Well, well... I´ll try later

I assumed it was a desktop, there was no mention of laptops, never mind!

You will find a section similar to this in your xorg.conf file:
Section"InputDevice"
Identifier"Serial Mouse"
Driver"mouse"
Option"Protocol""Microsoft"
Option"Device""/dev/ttyS0"
Option"Emulate3Buttons""false"
Option"Emulate3Timeout""70"
EndSection

I read somewhere that changing"Microsoft" to"IMPS/2" can sometimes
solve a problem like you're experiencing. Worth a try, maybe.

Another Section will look something like this:
Section"InputDevice"
Identifier"PS/2 Mouse"
Driver"mouse"
Option"Protocol""auto"
Option"Device""/dev/psaux"
Option"Emulate3Buttons""false"
Option"Emulate3Timeout""70"
Option"ZAxisMapping""4 5"
Option"Buttons""5"
EndSection

Check to see if your matches this one. If not, change it so that it does.

Another possibility is that the problem has to do with an IRQ conflict. Check you BIOS -- see if your OS is identified as plug and play. If it is, change it. When you reboot see if it doesn't reassign IRQs and correct the conflict, if that is indeed the problem. You can always reset the BIOS if it isn't.

Try editing the xorg.conf file first, would my suggestion. Anyway and either way, good luck to you.

Thx Macondo.

I've edited my xorg.conf.
In the section ServerLayout the line PS/2 Mouse was uncommented. The line Serial Mouse was commented.
Then, I tried commenting the PS/2 Mouse line and uncommenting the Serial Mouse line and my serial mouse and touchpad works fine together.

Thx to all of you.