My mouse doesn't work in openSUSE

ckop64 · June 16, 2010, 9:03pm

Hey. I have no idea what should I do, as a novice Linux user. I’ve been using Linux since last year, and didn’t encounter this error so far.
The issue is simple: My mouse doesn’t work!
It’s just a simple mouse for office use i assume, there is nothing really special to say about it. It’s an A4Tech made optical (red light) mouse, with a 2x Lbutton click function and a mouse wheel. That’s it.

It looks like this: http://www.olcsobbat.hu/static/product_images/400x400/10029/1029113.jpg

I’ve checked the md5sum, and checked the burned image too: No errors found. Other mouses work fine.
This is not a desktop-only issue. The mouse didn’t work in the insaller aswell. I used the DVD image.
So do you guys have an idea, or should I buy a new (supported) mouse?

I’m on Xubuntu 10.04 right now btw. Mouse working flawlessly.

Best regards: ckop64

caf4926 · June 16, 2010, 9:23pm

What part of the computer is it plugged in to?
Try and make sure it’s connected to the main USB port/s of your computer.

DenverD · June 16, 2010, 9:24pm

can you look in the ubuntu xorg.conf and see how it ID’ed the mouse
and then make sure that is what is selected for your mouse type/name
in the desktop config client for openSUSE…

oldcpu · June 16, 2010, 9:28pm

Which openSUSE version? Please confirm you are not using openSUSE-10.1 or something like that.

ckop64 · June 17, 2010, 7:00am

Thanks for the fast replies.

caf4926
It’s connected on the backside, via PS/2 port.(I dont have a PS/2 to USB converter)

DenverD
The mouse didn’t work during the installation process aswell. It should have been autodetected I assume…

I’m not absolutely sure where to look for it, but the xorg.conf unter /etc/X11 doesn’t contain any mouse-related information.

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Default Screen”
DefaultDepth 24
EndSection

Section “Module”
Load “glx”
EndSection

Section “Device”
Identifier “Default Device”
Driver “nvidia”
Option “NoLogo” “True”
EndSection

oldcpu
It’s openSUSE 11.2 DVD

caf4926 · June 17, 2010, 7:17am

PS/2 is fine
It should just work without any Black Magic.

I’d be tempted to just pick myself up a $2 mouse at Walmart. I say that loosely… as you may not have such a store, but you know what I mean.

oldcpu · June 17, 2010, 7:41am

A silly suggestion …

In openSUSE , try removing the mouse, wait 10 seconds, and plug it back in. Does it work then ?

I’m thinking that the HAL in openSUSE-11.2 does not recognize your mouse, and they may have some patch in Xubuntu-10.04 (that openSUSE-11.2 does not have) so that they do recognize the mouse.

Hence a DIFFERENT brand of mouse might actually work in openSUSE-11.2 (supporting caf4926’s suggestion).

ckop64 · June 17, 2010, 9:19am

This actually IS a very cheap mouse. My experience is, that in Linux the cheaper the hardware is, the better will it run. So that’s why I bought this one. I have another “meaner” mouse at home, It’s a Labtec laser mouse, what I’ve used for gaming a while ago. Only the left mouse button doesn’t work for that, but that’s a hardware issue. So meanwhile, that one works.
I’ll try your suggestion, oldcpu (replugging), if that doesn’t work either, than… Well I guess I’ll buy a new mouse.
I really want to try openSUSE. =)

ckop64 · June 17, 2010, 9:40am

UPDATE: It didn’t work

Sorry for the dup, the 10 minute limit has expired.

DenverD · June 17, 2010, 10:05am

ckop64 wrote:
> It’s connected on the backside, via PS/2 port.(I dont have a PS/2 to
> USB converter)

WAIT! something does not make sense…

is it a USB mouse (somehow) connected to a PS/2 port?

or is it a PS/2 mouse connected to a PS/2 port?

if the latter: DO NOT UNPLUG or REPLUG IT with POWER ON

such can (often will) blow the magic fairy dust out of the
motherboard’s mouse stuff! (really!!)

> The mouse didn’t work during the installation process aswell. It should
> have been autodetected I assume…

right, but you said it works flawlessly with Xubuntu 10.04, so Xubuntu
must have autodetected it, right? on the same system? are you dual
booting Xubuntu and openSUSE, or what?

> I’m not absolutely sure where to look for it, but the xorg.conf unter
> /etc/X11 doesn’t contain any mouse-related information.

did you look for it in the Xubuntu xorg.conf (while the mouse was
working flawlessly)?

that is VERY strange, that is, i can’t quite understand how Xubuntu
can use the mouse without detecting it, loading a driver for it and
putting it somewhere in its setup files…well, i’ve never used
Xubuntu so i do not know, do they have a Personal Settings or
Configure Desktop, or some kind of YaST like thing (or in a terminal
type and enter kcontrol) where you can go into (say) Peripherals or
Hardware > Mouse and see what kind of mouse was detected…

well, it seems the mouse MUST be in xorg.conf or where?? ask on the
Xubuntu forum where that data is saved…and, learn what driver must
be loaded for YOUR mouse…

in openSUSE, open YaST and go Hardware > Mouse and see what it says
for YOUR mouse model…(i guess it says generic or MS some such…try
different things until it works, or not!)

ckop64 · June 17, 2010, 11:01am

Ok, Ok, you are right.
So, first off, It’s a PS/2 mouse, connected via PS/2 port.
It didn’t break my motherboard (thank god) – I did the replug thing with power on.

Second. I don’t dualboot. I’ve installed openSUSE first, and saw my mouse not working (with a KDE CD). I managed to install SUSE using only my keyboard. Than I looked my desktop, and realized, that I can’t navigate, so I decided to stay with Xubuntu, and download another image (a DVD), my first instinct was, that I screwed up something with the CD. So I burned that DVD too. Slammed it in, and saw my mouse not working. Again. So second time I didn’t install it. But I assume it must be the same issue.

So, the third instruction was to check xorg.xonf. That is located under /etc/X11/xorg.conf. I even pasted the content of my xorg.conf

Section “Screen”
Identifier “Default Screen”
DefaultDepth 24
EndSection

Section “Module”
Load “glx”
EndSection

Section “Device”
Identifier “Default Device”
Driver “nvidia”
Option “NoLogo” “True”
EndSection

This one.
That’s EVERYTHING in xorg.conf. (in Xubuntu)
So I’ve got no idea where to look for my mouse ID. I’m sorry.
As of GUI apps, there is one (System settings - > Mouse), that displays the following:

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/797/kpernykph.png

Technical stuff are on the left, configuration on the right. (It’s in hungarian)

DenverD · June 17, 2010, 11:37am

ckop64 wrote:
> [image: http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/797/kpernykph.png]

so, the system in which the mouse works thinks it is an “ImExPS/2
Generic Explorer Mouse”

and, i’d guess if you set that info into openSUSE’s YaST, then the
mouse would work there also…

easier: find another mouse in a dumpster somewhere…

ckop64 · June 17, 2010, 12:50pm

Yea… Well, thanks =)
And can you do that without of a worikng mouse?

DenverD · June 17, 2010, 1:11pm

ckop64 wrote:
> Yea… Well, thanks =)
> And can you do that without of a worikng mouse?

1 leave the PS/2 hooked up
2 borrow a USB mouse
3 boot from the install disk, and install (using the USB mouse)
4 using the USB mouse set the “ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse”
5 return the borrowed USB mouse
6 or, make life simple, and just use what works (Xubuntu)
7 or, buy a mouse which works
8 or, find a mouse in a trashcan…etc

knurpht · June 17, 2010, 1:17pm

Did you generate an xorg.conf ? If so, rename it, reboot and see if it works. Get back here with results.
Explanation: having an xorg.conf makes it being used. If you rename it, we’d know if the autodetection and configuration works. I have no problems running 11.2 without one. No PS2 mouse though.

oldcpu · June 17, 2010, 1:18pm

If the keyboard functions, one can likely do this from yast in a terminal (or in run level 3). One can navigate yast with tab, spacebar, and arrow key. There is also mouse emulation built into openSUSE with keyboard using a function key (I forget which one and I am not at a Linux pc right now). Either F10 or F11 or F12 and some other key which activates it, then the arrow keys will move the mouse cursor.

ckop64 · June 18, 2010, 10:19am

Thanks for the replies, problem solved. =)
Borrowed a mouse, I’ve set the proper mouse driver, and the magic worked. Thank you people, I love openSUSE. This is the only KDE distro so far, which didn’t break after my driver install. I even have flash sound (I didn’t have that with other KDE distros). So, thanks again. =)

DenverD · June 18, 2010, 10:55am

ckop64 wrote:
> I love openSUSE.

congrats!

caf4926 · June 18, 2010, 11:03am

Well done indeed.

acidlee · July 23, 2010, 5:21pm

Can you tell me how to set the proper mouse driver，I encountered the same problem