Michael Burke wrote:
I am brand new to Debian and spent the weekend trying to get it to work. -SNIP- <Several people have mentioned in other helpful posts that the file XF86Config-4 needs to be changed. Currently, the configuration is as follows:Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" # Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection
The section you should be concerned about is the "Configured Mouse". If a working mouse is found here it will be used.
From your discription, I would suspect you have the wrong protocol configured. The "ImPS/2" seems to be the one for the Microsoft Intellimouse. You should probably be using either the "PS/2" protocol or one specific for the Logitech, which is also an option. I have never used a Logitech mouse here, so I can't say for sure.
I would advise you re-configure your X install with "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" command. This will lead you through the same questions you had during the install. Since X is working otherwise, you can accept the "defaults" until you get to the mouse section. In this section be sure to select "/dev/psaux" as the input port and either "PS/2" or "logitech" from the choices listed on the screen. You can then complete the rest of the questions and save the file. Re-start X and see what happens.
CAUTION: several of the menus presented will display only a few lines of ALL the choices. Make sure you use the UP/DOWN arrows to see all of the available choices. I have often overlooked choices available because of this, and one of the places is in the mouse config section mentioned above. Here I only see the "IntelliMouse" and "PS/2" options. Scrolling down show lots of other options, including one for "Logitech".
The gpm (General Purpose Mouse) program provides a mouse cursor in the normal, non-GUI terminal screen. A clue that you have it installed is the presence of a /etc/gpm.conf file. It isn't at all necessary for it tp be installed for X to work. It only provides a mouse capability for when you are NOT using X. Getting it to work politely with X has been a hassle in the past. If you don't think you need it right now, you can remove it with "apt-get remove gpm". Usually problems with gpm will show up as erratic mouse cursor movement in X, NOT the absence of any mouse activity.