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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    Re: [SLE] USB mouse
From:       James McBoyle <james.mcboyle () ireland ! sun ! com>
Date:       2001-09-24 10:08:19
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Odd indeed, my generic USB mouse and my Sun USB mouse plug into my laptop and 
work without any problems (I USE SUSE 7.0), I even have both the touchpad and 
the USB mouse working at the same time (having followed the SuSE db 
instructions<g>)

> Weird!
> 
> I have a Kensington optical USB mouse.
> 
> Worked fine under SuSE7.0 and 7.2
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Simon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron White [mailto:rwhite@netins.net]
> Sent: 22 September 2001 17:45
> To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
> Subject: [SLE] USB mouse
> 
> 
> To the group,
> 
> For what it's worth.
> 
> A while back I tried to get  SuSE 7.2 to recognize a usb mouse which was 
> plugged into a usb port.  I got many suggestions from the list, but no
> matter what I tried it just wouldn't work.
> 
> I took a little poll on this list and no one was using a usb port.  Everyone
> used a ps/2 port.
> 
> I just installed SuSE 7.2 on a machine that has the same kind of mouse, but 
> it's plugged into the ps/2 port, and the mouse was recognized and works ok.
> 
> The wheel even works.  
> 
> The conclusion I've come to is that you can't use a mouse plugged into a usb
> port.   
> 

Have Fun,
Jim.
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