Other Help Topics :: Mouse problems.

Mandrake is well known for having booting issues..
Same as others , the move to isolinux leaves some behind.
Many distros now put both bootloaders with their distro,
one on disk 1 , and the other on disk 2 ..

Do you have the USB/PS2 adapter for your Intellimouse?
Try ONLY that one , or ONLY the ballmouse, in your PS2 port.
I have had strange behavior in DSL by having more than one mouse installed.
The bootup detects one type, while the xserver xsetup uses another..

Let us know what happens..

73
ke4nt

But I love Mandrake.

I think it was more than booting issues with Mandrake.
I was using the free edition, and since thier free edition doesn't support top end video cards, I think that might have been the reason.
It would always run through the boot procedure, then sit on a black screen.

I think though, that I am going to do another dual boot with Xp Pro. and Xandros Linux.
They for sure with my board and card.
I do appreciate the help though.
Much appreciated.

I have the same problem. The PS/2 mouse does not work, but if i connect an usb mouse Mandrake recognize it.
My solution:
I edit for exemple in Aterm : su + password root
then type mc (Midnight commander)
in /etc/sysconfig/ i edit *mouse
MOUSETYPE=ps/2
XMOUSETYPE=Explorer PS/2
FULLNAME="Universal/Any PS/2 & USB mice"
XEMU3= yes (was no)
WHEEL=yes
device=dev/psaux (was =input/mice)
don't forget to save it.and restart . The mouse is working now by me. I hope the same for you.
Sorry i'm a beginner, but this way helps.
I have Mandrake 10.0 official and Ati Radeon 9600 card.
AMD XP2000+
greetings Lucasluc@sondervorst.be

Well, I have mouse problem too. I use A4tech WOP-35 (PS2, but it is optical, only, with cord). So when the DSL starts I can move the cursor for 1 second and it stops, forever...

But when I tried with my other (older) A4tech WWW-25 mouse (PS2, with ball and cord). I don't like to use that old mouse. This problem occured in DSL 0.7.1 & 0.8.4 too. So I'm hoping you'll solve this problem in your next distribution.

original here.