You can run Knoppix completely from CD (i.e. it doesn't write anything to your hard drive) and it also has hardware detection so it should pick up most/all of your hardwar, particularly your mouse.
If your mouse works under Knoppix it will work with Debian, just take a look at the file /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 when running Knoppix. Somewhere in there will be a 'Section InputDevice' line followed by some info about how your mouse is setup.
For an example, here is a snippet from my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "MouseManPlusPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection
Unless you have a logitec wheel mouse, you may have slightly different
values for the Options, most noticably you need to know which protocol
is being used.
If you find several of these sections, look at the begining of the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file and it will tell you which one is actually being used.
Hope this helps. Johnny.
Subject: Re: installing mouse From: David Fokkema <dfokkema@ileos.nl> Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 06:46:32 +0200 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 05:27:17PM -0400, Leonard Stevens wrote:I am a new user or in the act of trying to be one. My problem at least at this stage is I can't get Linux to recognize my bus mouse. I made the mistake of installing xwindows and it goes straight there but without a mouse. I told it in setup that it was a bus ps/2 mouse but it could care less. I couldn't figure a way out so I reformatted the disk and started over. This time I made the mistake of installing the desktop and had the same result. I ounce more reformatted and am about to try a third time. How in gods name do I get it to install a mouse driver?????? Thanks anyone who can help. Leonard Stevens