My Dumbass Mistake

Hey, I was messing around with the mouse options, and by accident I chose the wrong mouse, or disabled the mouse, in Linux Mandrake 9.1 . What can I do to put the mouse options back to normal? Or, how can I access and change the settings with the keyboard alone.

Thanks :unsure:

I tried working with the keyboard, to access the Configuration, and I did. Once in the configuration, I clickedup, down, left, right, tab, alt, ctrl, ....., and I couldn't select the hardware section. Does anyone know which keys I push to enter the hardware section to change the settings of my mouse?

Thanks

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Originally posted by OCC Crew@15 February 2004 - 11:26
I tried working with the keyboard, to access the Configuration, and I did.  Once in the configuration, I clickedup, down, left, right, tab, alt, ctrl, ....., and I couldn't select the hardware section.  Does anyone know which keys I push to enter the hardware section to change the settings of my mouse?

Thanks

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Keep pressing tab until the entry is highlighted and then press enter. Tab button should help you navigate around the butons just like your mouse.

You can also replace your x configuration file. What kind of mouse do you have?

I have a Microsoft 2 button lazer mouse, with the scroll wheel in the middle.

Even if I pushed tab over and over, nothing happened :(


By the way, where's X-Configuration, on Mandrake 9.1?

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Originally posted by OCC Crew@15 February 2004 - 20:02
Even if I pushed tab over and over, nothing happened :(


By the way, where's X-Configuration, on Mandrake 9.1?

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Any configuration files in linux reside in /etc directory.

Yours should be located in /etc/X11/XF86Config
or /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

Youll need to edit the section that look like this:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "GlidePoint Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Protocol" "GlidePointPS/2"
EndSection

Yours will look tottally different based on your mouse.

Hey, I've located the file "xF86Config-4". I would like to know how to edit the file. I have tried text editors and other programs, but I wasn't sucessful.


Thanks Alot!

you have to be root to make changes to the file i bet.

get to a bash terminal and type su then your root password.

then type pico /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

edit the file and then save with ctrl + o and exit with ctrl + x

hopefully you have pico installed if not try another text editor like vi. then restart x and your good to go.

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Originally posted by OCC Crew@16 February 2004 - 00:27
Hey, I've located the file "xF86Config-4".  I would like to know how to edit the file.  I have tried text editors and other programs, but I wasn't sucessful.


Thanks Alot!

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Knock the run time level down to 3 if you can.

Boot up in text mode.

VI :blink:

Good Luck

Hey guys, thanks alot for all your help :D I really Apreciate it.

Thanks