PS/2 Mouse not detected on Compaq Presario 1800T

[Peter Garrett]

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:13:40 -0500
Sebastien <thecrab at gmail.com> wrote:
*snip*
> Can anyone suggest anything regarding how to get this, my one and only
> glitch with Ubuntu, fixed?

This isn't a fix as such, more like a suggestion. ;-)

First, if it's a two button mouse, using the middle button features of
Linux will be a pain (you have to click both the buttons simultaneously).

So... I would suggest you pick up a USB mouse with a scroll button (which
will also act as a clickable middle button) . Plugging a USB mouse in
should Just Work (tm) I use one on my laptop (iBook G4, Breezy 5.10) and it
springs to life immediately.

Another idea might be to install "mdetect" :

Description: mouse device autodetection tool
 mdetect is a tool for autoconfiguring mice; it is typically used as the
 backend to some user-friendly frontend code.

It's in the main repository, so you should find it in the Synaptic package
manager.

Peter