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October 1st, 2003, 06:02 AM
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Linux Mouse Trouble
Howdy.
I'm running a pretty full install of RH 8, and haven't had any problems except for this one. While I was messing around with The GIMP, the program crashed for an unknown reason, and froze up the computer. I reboot, let it check the file system integrity and all that, no problems. I log back in, no problem. But then once I'm back in GNOME, I have no mouse response whatsoever. Using my uber-rad keyboard shortcut skills, I open up the Mouse Settings dialog, and confirm that the correct mouse is selected on the correct port. But still no mouse response.
I log out of my account and log back in under another username: still the same trouble. I kick open kppp to connect to the internet to post a thread here seeking help (using my Windows box at the moment), but instead of initializing the modem, it seemed to initialize the mouse... or something. I've got an external US Robotics 56k modem, so I get to watch the pretty blinking lights... they didn't blink. Instead, the mouse pointer jumped on the screen to the upper left hand corner and displayed the popup menu that you usually get when you right-click. The mouse still didn't work. I rebooted once more, and now, here I am, humbly seeking help.
If you have even the slightest help to offer, please do!
Thank you much!
--PhirePhreak
I know you\'re out there. I can feel you now. I know that you\'re afraid. You\'re afraid of us. You\'re afraid of change. I don\'t know the future. I didn\'t come here to tell you how this is going to end. I came here to tell you how it\'s going to begin. I\'m going to hang up this phone, and then I\'m going to show these people what you don\'t want them to see. I\'m going to show them a world without you, a world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries. A world where anything is possible. Where we go from there is a choice I leave to you.
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