On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:07:01 +0800, Sandgroper wrote:

> I was wondering how do you go about installing a optical mouse in Linux.
>
> I have a dual boot system with Win XP Pro and Fedora Core 3 and would like
> to upgrade my existing ball mouse to an optical one and the only mouse that
> I like the look and feel of is the MS Optical mouse with the PS/2 and USB
> connector.
>
> So is it possible to install a MS optical mouse in FC3 ?
>
> Thanks.


Just plug it in, all mice work with Linux.

"General Schvantzkoph" wrote in message
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> On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:07:01 +0800, Sandgroper wrote:
>
>> I was wondering how do you go about installing a optical mouse in Linux.
>>
>> I have a dual boot system with Win XP Pro and Fedora Core 3 and would
>> like
>> to upgrade my existing ball mouse to an optical one and the only mouse
>> that
>> I like the look and feel of is the MS Optical mouse with the PS/2 and USB
>> connector.
>>
>> So is it possible to install a MS optical mouse in FC3 ?
>>
>> Thanks.
>
>
> Just plug it in, all mice work with Linux.

I wasn't sure if an MS optical mouse would work with linux because I though
it would need the MS drivers.
Anyway , I did what you said and just plugged the mouse in and started up
FC3 and the mouse works fine.
Thanks .



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