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Fedora updates - now no mouse support

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 04/24/2007
From: "Neil" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

This was originally posted in some RedHat NG's, now I realise I should have
posted here too.

I am trying Fedora Core 6 in a VM created with MS Virtual PC in Windows
Vista.

After some mucking about, finding a way to get the graphical installer and
UI going, I got it working. The first time I logged in, I was informed that
there were 255 updates waiting to be installed. So I let it install them.
[There was no way I was going to go through checking whether I wanted all
255, so I just let it do the lot]. When the machine rebooted, I had no
mouse support. [The physical mouse (and keyboard) is a wireless USB device
from Logitech, I'm not really sure how and with what connection they have
been virtualised, and it/they worked ok on the initial install and before
the updates].

Now I'm a bit stuck. I don't seem to be able to work the GUI without the
mouse at all. [I assume it's not the keyboard that isn't working as it was
ok for typing user names and passwords]. Can you help me get my mouse
back?

If I could use the keyboard to get at a command line it might help. I did
some unix (of some kind or other) just over ten years ago, so I can make
the
shell work a bit. Though I would have no idea where to go or what to do to
get the mouse support back.

If extra info helps you to solve my problem, point me where to find it and
I'll post it.

Thanks.

Neil

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RE: Fedora updates - now no mouse support

Sent: 04/25/2007
From: Loki-uk
Message:

There is a mouse bug in the latest Linux kernel all versions of Linux using
this kernel have been affected not just those installed under VPC regular
installs too.

The only solution at present is to downgrade the kernel.

Loki

"Neil" wrote:

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> This was originally posted in some RedHat NG's, now I realise I should have
> posted here too.
>
> I am trying Fedora Core 6 in a VM created with MS Virtual PC in Windows
> Vista.
>
> After some mucking about, finding a way to get the graphical installer and
> UI going, I got it working. The first time I logged in, I was informed that
> there were 255 updates waiting to be installed. So I let it install them.
> [There was no way I was going to go through checking whether I wanted all
> 255, so I just let it do the lot]. When the machine rebooted, I had no
> mouse support. [The physical mouse (and keyboard) is a wireless USB device
> from Logitech, I'm not really sure how and with what connection they have
> been virtualised, and it/they worked ok on the initial install and before
> the updates].
>
> Now I'm a bit stuck. I don't seem to be able to work the GUI without the
> mouse at all. [I assume it's not the keyboard that isn't working as it was
> ok for typing user names and passwords]. Can you help me get my mouse
> back?
>
> If I could use the keyboard to get at a command line it might help. I did
> some unix (of some kind or other) just over ten years ago, so I can make
> the
> shell work a bit. Though I would have no idea where to go or what to do to
> get the mouse support back.
>
> If extra info helps you to solve my problem, point me where to find it and
> I'll post it.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Neil
>
>

RE: Fedora updates - now no mouse support

Sent: 04/25/2007
From: Loki-uk
Message:

I'm using Ubuntu and Gnome and it that press CTRL + ALT + F1 to start a
terminal session and then CTRL + ALT + F7 to return to the gui CTRL + ALT +
BACKSPACE restarts the xserver.

ALT + F1 gets you to the menu's. There is a post in the Ubuntu forums about
enabling the mouse keys. I have enabled the accessability functions and the
then mouse keys and I can move the cursor using the numberic keypad. Not vey
slick but it works. Until the kernel is patched we're all a but stuck.

Loki

"Neil" wrote:

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