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USB-Mouse not working in Slacko 6.3 after HD install
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rimatheou

Joined: 09 Dec 2017
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Location: Germany
PostPosted: Sat 09 Dec 2017, 11:31    Post subject:  USB-Mouse not working in Slacko 6.3 after HD install  
I installed slacko-6.3.0 right now. When I booted Puppy from usb, the wireless and the wired usb mouses were working. But now, booting from hard disc, the wireless and the wired usb mouses are not working.

Code:

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "Input Device"
   Identifier   "Mouse0"
   Driver   "mouse"
   Option   "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
   Option   "Protocol" "IMPS/2" #mouse0protocol
   #Option   "Emulate3Buttons"
   #Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
   Option   "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" #scrollwheel
EndSection


I can't run a terminal without any mouse, there is only Ctrl+Alt+F2 working, but Ctrl+Alt+F7 is not working, I do not come back to GUI. I didn't find a shortcut for running a terminal.

I searched a lot, that's all I got, I'm quite new to Puppy.
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bigpup


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PostPosted: Sat 09 Dec 2017, 11:52    Post subject:  
Could just be a bad install.

Delete the install of Slacko from the hard drive and try it again.

If this is a frugal install, on a hard drive partition formatted in Fat 32 or ntfs and Windows uses it.
Defrag the partition, using Windows defrag program, before installing Slacko.
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rimatheou

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PostPosted: Sat 09 Dec 2017, 12:16    Post subject:  
There was a win xp on it, but I made it completely new:
/dev/sda3 fat 32 Puppy
/dev/sda1 unformated OS2
/dev/sda2
/dev/sda5 ext4 DATA
/dev/sda6 swap

I don't have any win program anymore.
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mostly_lurking

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PostPosted: Sat 09 Dec 2017, 12:50    Post subject:  
rimatheou wrote:
I can't run a terminal without any mouse, there is only Ctrl+Alt+F2 working, but Ctrl+Alt+F7 is not working, I do not come back to GUI.

Puppy usually has 3 TTY's, accessible through Ctrl+Alt+F1/F2/F3, respectively. Ctrl+Alt+F4 should bring you back to your X session.

No idea about the mouse; maybe bigpup is right and it's just a bad install. If you want to try fixing it rather than re-installing (don't ask me how, though), maybe you could use mouse keys as a temporary solution to get a working mouse pointer, if your keyboard has a number pad.
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Gordie

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PostPosted: Sat 09 Dec 2017, 21:32    Post subject:  
I have a Lenovo W510 laptop. When I use the BIOS settings to disable the touchpad I also loose the mouse on some Puppies like Easy and Quirky. This also happens with those two Puppies if I choose to disable the touchpad with the initial setup after install. Could this be the situation with you as well?
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bigpup


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PostPosted: Sun 10 Dec 2017, 12:05    Post subject:  
The latest Slacko release is version 6.3.2.
You need to be using the latest version.

Also, just try plugging into a different USB port.
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rimatheou

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PostPosted: Sun 10 Dec 2017, 16:41    Post subject:  
So far I can say that it was not a bad install, I reinstalled Puppy and the problem is still there.
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bigpup


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PostPosted: Sun 10 Dec 2017, 18:21    Post subject:  
Give use some specific details on how you are doing the install.
Do what?
See what?
Frugal or full?
What boot loader?
Etc......

We only know what you tell use, so give details!!

If it worked OK running from a USB, the install to the hard drive should also. All you are doing is changing the storage device,
If you did do the install correctly. Question
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jafadmin

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PostPosted: Sun 10 Dec 2017, 22:46    Post subject:  
Does Slacko 6.3 have xorgwizard? If so, boot pfix=nox, run xorgwizard to sort out the mouse situation, then run xwin to run X.
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rimatheou

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PostPosted: Mon 11 Dec 2017, 04:39    Post subject:  
I downloaded Slacko Puppy 6.3 from this site:
http://puppylinux.org/main/Download%20Latest%20Release.htm

I've installed Puppy that way:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=54566

This is a frugal installation. The bootloader is Grub4DOS.

While booting I get this message:
Code:
The file /etc/mousebuttons has been created, with content "5".


Here http://slacko.eezy.xyz/download.php I can download the latest version, but it is an uefi file and I don't have UEFI. I have a JVC Mobile Mini Note PC, Pentium 3, 384 MB RAM.

Slacko 6.3.0 has xorgwizard. But please tell me, how do I boot pfix=nox.[/url]
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jafadmin

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PostPosted: Mon 11 Dec 2017, 06:58    Post subject:  
With Grub4Dos I think if you press the 'e' key while the boot menu item is highlighted it lets you edit the menu entry.

Usually there is a parameter on the "kernel" line that says "pfix=fsck". Change it to "pfix=nox" then boot it.
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PostPosted: Mon 11 Dec 2017, 09:42    Post subject:  
Try using the latest version of Slacko 6.3.2
Get it from here:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/puppy-slacko-6.3.2/

Uefi in the name of the Puppy version just indicates it also has the needed stuff for booting on a UEFI bios computer.
It will still work OK on a old style regular bios computer.
The UEFI stuff is just not used.

Quote:
While booting I get this message:
Code:
The file /etc/mousebuttons has been created, with content "5".

That is not something usually shown. In fact I have never seen that message on any Puppy boot up.

Are you using the save from the USB install for the hard drive install?
If yes.
Maybe some USB specific location settings are saved in this save and those locations change when booted from the hard drive.
Try booting using the option
Code:
pfix=ram

This keeps the save from being used.

Note:
If Slacko is the only Puppy on the hard drive.
Grub4dos usually makes a boot entry in the advanced menu for booting not using the save.


The link you posted on how you did the install indicates you did a manual frugal install to the hard drive. I am wondering if you got all the needed files in to the frugal hard drive install.
You are going to need everything that is in the Slacko iso.
One specific file is the zdrv sfs.

About settings in the xorg.conf
The ones you posted earlier are the same ones I have in my xorg.conf.
My USB mouse works OK.
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rimatheou

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PostPosted: Mon 11 Dec 2017, 12:37    Post subject:  
When I switch fsck to nox, the desktop-environement is not starting. I have a root automatic login (root login on 'tty1') and then I have #. Sorry, I don't know how to start the desktop on command line.

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Are you using the save from the USB install for the hard drive install?


Don't know, when I boot from USB, I usualy exit Puppy without saving.

Now, I copied slacko-6.3.2-uefi.iso to USB (dd). The problem is that I can't boot from this USB, because Puppy slacko 6.3.0 is still in the boot menu and no slacko 6.3.2 entry. I think I have to edit the boot menu entry, but I don't know how.
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ally


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PostPosted: Mon 11 Dec 2017, 13:26    Post subject:  
xorgwizard to go to setup

xwin to start desktop

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PostPosted: Mon 11 Dec 2017, 18:30    Post subject:  
Quote:
ow, I copied slacko-6.3.2-uefi.iso to USB (dd). The problem is that I can't boot from this USB, because Puppy slacko 6.3.0 is still in the boot menu and no slacko 6.3.2 entry. I think I have to edit the boot menu entry, but I don't know how.

Slacko 6.3.2 and Slacko 6.3.0 are both on the USB drive?????

I install Grub4dos boot loader to USB drives with more than one Puppy on them.

If it will still boot to Slacko 6.3.0
Run Grub4dos bootloader config.
Select the usb drive to install to.
Check only search within this device.
No other settings.
At each of the other setup screens just use the default by hitting OK.

Now Grub4dos should be on the usb drive and have a boot menu with both Slacko's listed.
The USB drive should boot to this Grub4dos menu.

If Grub4dos is setup to boot Slacko 6.3.0 from the hard drive and that is the menu you are talking about.
The Slacko 6.3.2 on the USB should boot by selecting the USB as the boot device in the computer bios or by pressing F8 or F12 to get a boot device options menu and select USB.
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