Kubuntu & PS2 Mouse

[oldbob]

I tried Kubuntu on my T-21 Thinkpad and I really like it EXCEPT my mouse plugged into the PS2 port was inoperative [the IBM stick pointer did work - but I hate it].

I would install Kubuntu, if someone could tell me how to get the PS2 mouse working.

[lightweight]

Modern kernels should have resolved the PS/2 issue unless used in a virtual machine (say, Linux on VmWare inside MS Windows). If this is the case, try booting off the live cd and see the PS/2 mouse works.

Otherwise a distro with short release cycles, such as Ubuntu, have probably addressed this already in modern releases. This has been addressed even in conservative distros such as Debian stable.

[oldbob]

lightweight,

Thanks for response, my T-21 is a dual boot of Win98SE and various Linux distros with "mixed" results.

Some distros, the PS/2 mouse works and the wireless card doesn't. Others the card works and not the mouse.

Still trying to find the "right" distro.

[oldbob]

Gave up on Kubuntu and reinstalled PClinuxOS 2007 [which I like better] and with mouse and wireless card working, I'm "happy as a clam !!!'.