Re: new install no mouse

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Ben" == Ben Miller <ben@lichtundmarmelade.de> writes:

    Ben> Hello, I new to Debian and this list.  I have just installed
    Ben> Debian Woody 3.0 with the 2.4 kernel.  My PS2 3-button
    Ben> Logitec Mouse does not work in console mode.  The mouse
    Ben> doesn't work under X either.

    Ben> I have tried to find docs or FAQs but so far no luck.

    Ben> Q1- How can I get my mouse going please?  

For console mode be sure to install gpm (apt-get install gpm) if you
don't already have it. For X, what does the mouse section in
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4 look like? Try running 'dpkg-reconfigure
xserver-common' and be sure you picked the right mouse settings. I'd
suggest getting gpm to work first if you are having serious trouble
beyond all this.

    Ben> Q2- How can I set the default runlevel to multiuser console
    Ben> mode? (I do not want to go straight into X).

By default Debian does not give you such a run level.

Pick a run level, say 3. Change the default run level in /etc/inittab
to 3. Then in /etc/rc3.d/ look for all those S99 files that start up
gdm, kdm, xdm (and so on), and rename to be K01gdm, K01kdm, K01xdm
etc. (look in /etc/rc6.d/ to get an idea of what I'm talking about).

Doing an 'init 3' should take you to console mode without
rebooting. 

Pretty standard stuff if you know the /etc/rcN.d/ files from another
distribution.

Cheers!
Shyamal