Xubuntu installation blues update. . .

[krp]

The live cd and graphical installer was a no joy.

I downloaded the "alternate" Xubuntu (uses a text based installer).

The system *installed*.

Problem:

When I get to GDM I have a live keyboard (this is good), a good video display (again good) and a very *dead* optical mouse (as in tagged on the tail dead).

No light from the mouse, no nothing.

I assume the possible problem is somewhere within X. However I have no idea where to start, let alone find and fix the problem.

Anybody have any ideas?

krp

[bluesdog]

Is this a usb mouse?
What is output of lsusbExample:[alj@debbie:~]$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c00e Logitech, Inc. M-BJ69 Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
[alj@debbie:~]$The appropriate stanza in xorg.conf for my optical mouse is:Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Default Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSectionThis is on my Debian system, mind. However, 'buntu is quite similar in this respect, I think.

[Lavene]

No light from the mouse, no nothing.

I assume the possible problem is somewhere within X. However I have no idea where to start, let alone find and fix the problem.

This has happened to me a couple of times although not on *ubuntu but on pure Debian. And both times it was a kernel problem. Spesifically a problem with the USB HID module.

Say Y here if you want full HID support to connect keyboards,
mice, joysticks, graphic tablets, or any other HID based devices
to your computer via USB. You also need to select HID Input layer
support (below) if you want to use keyboards, mice, joysticks and
the like ... as well as Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) and
monitor control devices.

You can't use this driver and the HIDBP (Boot Protocol) keyboard
and mouse drivers at the same time. More information is available:
<file:Documentation/input/input.txt>.

If unsure, say Y.

To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called usbhid.

I don't think a misconfigured X will cause the mouse to die completly. If the USB is configured correctly there should be light I believe. Maybe something worth checking out?

Tina :)

[sammil]

Running Ubuntu 6.06 and find the same values as shown by Bluesdog. Lsusb gave exactly the same answer for a Logitech USB optical mouse and xorg.conf looks virtually the same. Tina's suggestion about USB sounds interesting...

By the way, Tina, the next will either cause you to cry or... I saw in a blog that Gnome and KDE were going to work on a keybord driver together. This means you will have two... or none? Ever get your Norwegian Gnome keyboard working?

[Lavene]

By the way, Tina, the next will either cause you to cry or... I saw in a blog that Gnome and KDE were going to work on a keybord driver together. This means you will have two... or none? Ever get your Norwegian Gnome keyboard working?

Great. So if it doesen't work in one you can be sure it will not work in the other. I love consistency :P

Actually I gave up the project of making Norwegian keyboard work in Gnome. However, I also have Ubuntu installed and there it's no problem so I guess it was (is) a Debian spesific problem.

But in Debian, which is my main system, I purged Gnome and forgot all about it. I'm a KDE nut anyway ;)

Tina