[BLUG] Ubuntu question

[Gillis, Chad]

Quoting Weldon Sams <wsams_at_indiana.edu>:

> I started to install Ubuntu last night, but just like all the other dists
> I've tried to install, they never recognize my little Microsoft usb laptop
> mouse (the little silver and red one). My ps/2 mice work but I don't want to
> have to switch mice back and forth.
>
> Anyway, does anyone know of a way to get Ubuntu to boot up supporting a USB
> mouse? I can do it manually, but I have to use the ps/2 mouse first which I
> don't want to do.
>
> I'm trying Ubuntu 6.10 for PC.
>
> Thanks, Weldon
>


Hi Weldon,

Have you checked to see if the mouse communicates on a basic level, by 
doing something like

cat /dev/input/mice

or something like that (can't remember what exactly, and I'm at a 
windows computer so I don't think I can check for sure) from the 
command line and then moving the mouse around to see if strange 
characters get printed to the screen?  If there's a response then the 
mouse itself is probably working and you probably just need to 
configure something else like the X server.

By the way, what does doing it manually involve?

Chad