After installing Linux-Debian Sarge I have lost the use of the mouse
trackball in my Microsoft Intelimouse PS/2 compatible , does anyone
know how to solve this problem?

Thanks folks

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jamiil said:
> After installing Linux-Debian Sarge I have lost the use of the mouse
> trackball in my Microsoft Intelimouse PS/2 compatible , does anyone
> know how to solve this problem?
>

Have you searched the web for that product with Sarge and xorg.conf
examples? I don't use a track ball, but for the sake of showing you
the part of xorg.conf which handles my device I'm posting that
section:

Section    "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver     "mouse"
Option     "CorePointer"
Option     "Device"             "/dev/input/mice"
Option     "Protocol"           "ImPS/2"
Option     "Emulate3Buttons"    "true"
EndSection
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After takin' a swig o' grog, jamiil belched out this bit o' wisdom:

> After installing Linux-Debian Sarge I have lost the use of the mouse
> trackball in my Microsoft Intelimouse PS/2 compatible , does anyone
> know how to solve this problem?

Not sure.  Usually the installer picks up the devices if they're plugged
in when you install, even if they're USB.  On my Gentoo box, I had to
add this to xorg.conf, maybe you need to do something similar, or use
that other method somebody mentioned:


Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Marble Mouse"
Driver      "mouse"
Option      "CorePointer"
Option      "Device"          "/dev/input/mice"
Option      "Protocol"        "PS/2"
Option      "Buttons"         "4"
Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier  "Intellimouse Mouse"
Driver      "mouse"
Option      "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
Option      "Device"          "/dev/psaux"
Option      "Protocol"        "IMPS/2"
Option      "Buttons"         "3"
Option      "ZAxisMapping"    "3"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier     "Default Layout"
Screen         "Default Screen"
InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice    "Marble Mouse"
InputDevice    "Intellimouse Mouse"
EndSection

This gives me two mice.

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On May 15, 2:00 pm, jamiil <jalqa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> After installing Linux-Debian Sarge I have lost the use of the mouse
> trackball in my Microsoft Intelimouse PS/2 compatible , does anyone
> know how to solve this problem?
>
> Thanks folks


You realy shouldn't use Debian/Sarge on any new installation,
espesially when installing a desktop machine.
Install Debian/Etch should solve your problems.  If you have speciall
considerations (like testing software on a old Debian/Sarge server not
converted yet), you have got some solutions in this thread.

Good luck

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