I just built a workstation, CentOS 7, fully updated. My user requires his
three-button mouse, telling me that imaging software is written for
three-button mice (so *please* don't tell me to tell him to get a new
mouse).
Anyway, no cursor. In both /var/log/messages and journalctl, I see "unable
to enable mouse".
What I read in messages and manpages is that PS-2 is default standard...
anyone have any ideas? I need to resolve this asap... so I can get onto
making sure his research imaging software running on CentOS 7.
mark
On Fri, 2 Dec 2016 12:28:45 -0500 m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:> (so *please* don't tell me to tell him to get a new mouse).If it's not recognized for some reason, then the solution is to get him a new mouse. I know that's not what you want to hear, but there are numerous multi-button mice around that work fine. I have a Logitech M510 wireless mouse with two standard buttons on the top, a scroll wheel, and two more buttons on the left side. All of those inputs are recognized, including both cranking the scroll wheel and clicking it. You can use the xev command to test things like mice and see what is being seen by the system when doing things like clicking mouse buttons. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com
On Fri, 2 Dec 2016 18:28, m.roth at ... wrote:> I just built a workstation, CentOS 7, fully updated. My user requires his > three-button mouse, telling me that imaging software is written for > three-button mice (so *please* don't tell me to tell him to get a new > mouse). > > Anyway, no cursor. In both /var/log/messages and journalctl, I see "unable > to enable mouse". > > What I read in messages and manpages is that PS-2 is default standard... > anyone have any ideas? I need to resolve this asap... so I can get onto > making sure his research imaging software running on CentOS 7.Oh, yeah such customers exist, PITA and PEBKAC in most cases. First testing the mouse on a "older" comp, does it work there? Next testing, does the PS/2 plug hole on the new board work? Some of the newer boards only work with keyboards on PS/2. On testing, if the mouse works, there are adapters "PS/2 female" to "USB Type A male" on Amazon for a few Bucks, that may be a way to work around a non-fuctional or missing PS/2 plug-hole. - Yamaban.
On Fri, 2 Dec 2016 19:01, Yamaban wrote:> On Fri, 2 Dec 2016 18:28, m.roth at ... wrote: > >> I just built a workstation, CentOS 7, fully updated. My user requires his >> three-button mouse, telling me that imaging software is written for >> three-button mice (so *please* don't tell me to tell him to get a new >> mouse). >> >> Anyway, no cursor. In both /var/log/messages and journalctl, I see "unable >> to enable mouse". >> >> What I read in messages and manpages is that PS-2 is default standard... >> anyone have any ideas? I need to resolve this asap... so I can get onto >> making sure his research imaging software running on CentOS 7. > > Oh, yeah such customers exist, PITA and PEBKAC in most cases. > > First testing the mouse on a "older" comp, does it work there? > > Next testing, does the PS/2 plug hole on the new board work? > Some of the newer boards only work with keyboards on PS/2. > > On testing, if the mouse works, there are adapters "PS/2 female" to > "USB Type A male" on Amazon for a few Bucks, that may be a way to work > around a non-fuctional or missing PS/2 plug-hole.Addemum / Caveat to the adapters: If you buy one, be sure to buy a "active" one, with electronics inside, the passive ones are just waste. - Yamaban.
Yamaban wrote:> On Fri, 2 Dec 2016 18:28, m.roth at ... wrote: > >> I just built a workstation, CentOS 7, fully updated. My user requires >> his three-button mouse, telling me that imaging software is written for >> three-button mice (so *please* don't tell me to tell him to get a new >> mouse). >> >> Anyway, no cursor. In both /var/log/messages and journalctl, I see >> "unable to enable mouse". >> >> What I read in messages and manpages is that PS-2 is default standard... >> anyone have any ideas? I need to resolve this asap... so I can get onto >> making sure his research imaging software running on CentOS 7. > > Oh, yeah such customers exist, PITA and PEBKAC in most cases.In this case, no. He's working with mostly open-source heavy duty scientific imaging software.> > First testing the mouse on a "older" comp, does it work there?Right. This mouse is the one I disconnected from his current 6.8 box, and the Dell Precision T3610 actually has PS-2 connectors in the back. I guarantee it was working.> > Next testing, does the PS/2 plug hole on the new board work? > Some of the newer boards only work with keyboards on PS/2. > > On testing, if the mouse works, there are adapters "PS/2 female" to > "USB Type A male" on Amazon for a few Bucks, that may be a way to workFound one of them laying around. I've brought the box back to my cube, now I need to bring it up and see if that works.> around a non-fuctional or missing PS/2 plug-hole.I was really hoping it just needed a manual configuration (and I just !!! *adore* writing xorg.conf files...), or run a utility. Thanks. mark