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e14 Contributor over 14 years ago

I have been experiencing issues with the mouse on my Pi. Now it could be the power supply issue, or the USB issue, or the firmware, or a driver issue, or it could be the mouse i'm using (although i have tried three different ones)

What would be really useful would be a simple to use set of diagnostic routines that would enable new users to check the pi step by step.

This would need to be simple, after all, the RPi concept is to encourage new users to take some first steps into programming. A lot of the advice I've seen so far seems to assume a good level of expertise already in the user.

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    bodgy over 14 years ago

    I can't guarantee I can solve your problem, but for starters could you provide the following information?

     

    1. What brand and model number is the mouse?

     

    2. Is the mouse  wireless or wired USB?

     

    3. Does the mouse work satisfactorily on a PC?

     

    4. Are you using the USB ports on the Pi or via a hub, if a hub is it a powered one?

     

    5. Are you getting to a logon prompt?

     

    6. What brand of power supply are you using and what does it state its' ratings are?

     

    7. Which OS are you using?

     

    If the mouse is a bluetooth type then it could well be a driver problem in which case you might see a 'Kernel Panic' or other error message as the OS is booting.

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago in reply to bodgy

    Thanks for the reply Bodgy, here is my response to your questions,

     

    The mouse is an optical wired mouse, and it has worked on other pc's

    I have tried using the ports on the pi and also through a powered hub

    I get the login prompt, I can login using the keyboard and can type commands ok

    the power supply is one I have for my HTC phone and is rated 5 volts at 1 amp.

    I am using the Debian squeeze distribution

     

    When I type startx, i get the Graphical user interface and the mouse pointer is in the centre of the screen. The mouse does not work, and so I cannot then do anything in the GUI. I don't know whether the keyboard can be used in this interface at all (like windows)? So at this point I have to pull the power to reboot.

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    This looks to be the same problem as described in this thread:

    http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=7574

     

    probably a Debian issue.

     

    It seems there are several things that fail on Debian but work on Fedora,

    and vice versa.

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    Thanks for the link. I will try some of the suggestions.

    By the way, I looked on the Rpi download site and there is no distribution for Fedora. Where can I get this?

    Cheers,  Geoff

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    The fedora 14 version was pulled, but a very preliminary

    version of fedora 17 can be found here:

       http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/arm-nightlies/vault/

     

    This version is apparently still quite unstable, and is

    a hybrid of fedora 14 and fedora 17.  Seneca is

    planning to release an updated image Real Soon Now,

    See their latest minutes here:

     

    http://www.element14.com/community/message/53204#53204/l/re-seneca-laments-lack-of-boards

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    e14 Contributor over 14 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    The fedora 14 version was pulled, but a very preliminary

    version of fedora 17 can be found here:

       http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/arm-nightlies/vault/

     

    This version is apparently still quite unstable, and is

    a hybrid of fedora 14 and fedora 17.  Seneca is

    planning to release an updated image Real Soon Now,

    See their latest minutes here:

     

    http://www.element14.com/community/message/53204#53204/l/re-seneca-laments-lack-of-boards

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