PS/2 mouse not working on laptop

[xwb]

I've just installed SUSE11.1 on my Dell LS400 laptop.

1) the touchpad works
2) if I plug in a USB mouse, that works too
3) if I plug a keyboard into the PS/2 port, that works

If I plug in a PS/2 mouse, it doesn't work. The thing is, the PS/2 mouse used to work on the following previous OSs installed:

DOS
Windows 98
Redhat 9
Knoppix 3
Minix
Windows XP
FreeDOS

It didn't work when I had Fedora 9 on it. When I looked up the net, I found that lots of people have had problems with the PS/2 mouse on laptops, ever since 2004. I haven't found any solutions yet. I tried Fedora 10, same problem. Now with SUSE 11.1, problem is still there. This is a triple boot machine: on XP and FreeDOS, the PS/2 mouse works.

Does anyone know how I can get a PS/2 mouse to work on a Dell LS400 laptop, either on SUSE or Fedora?

 

[BadBigBen]

See what driver is installed for the mouse, under Yast2...

then it is trial and error in trying different mouse drivers... if none work, then switch to a USB one, and if you don't have enough ports, use a hub...

unfortunately, I can't replicate it on my laptop, due to the reason that it does not have a PS/2 port ...



Ben

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