Michael Satterwhite wrote:
Actually, I am running Sarge ... and I'm without the mouse. The installer can't protect us from the Dumb User Complex.I tried running discover - nothing happened.It looks like it's going to take less time to reload everything than to figure out how to reconfigure the mouse.
You'll probably wind up with the same problem. I would strongly recommend against a rebuild, unless of course you just want the experience. I suspect you don't have USB support working. Try running modconf, and add in any modules that look interesting related to mouse and USB, like usbcore, usbmouse, mousedev, hid, uhci/ohci/ehci host support (depends on your controller - "lspci -v" and look for type).
And again, I'd suggest installing gpm and getting it working prior to getting the mouse in X to work; it's a lot easier/quicker to restart gpm than it is to restart X after every little tweak.
Also, just as a freebie; while in X, you can simulate a mouse with your number pad (on a 104-type keyboard, not laptops) by pressing Shift-NumLock to turn it on; then the various outside number keys to move in that direction; 5 for a click, / to set the 5 to do a left click, * to set it to do a middle click, - to set it to do a right click, ins for click-and-hold, del to turn off click-and-hold.
-- Kent