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[sindi keesan <keesan AT SDF.ORG>]

On Fri, 2 Sep 2011, Ron Clarke wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> On Thu, 1 Sep 2011 16:00:15 +0000 (UTC), sindi keesan wrote:
> > >         I have an odd one here. My CD burner died and I had it replaced
> > > with a (second hand) DVD burner.
> > >         Then my mouse stopped responding (in X), either in DOS or any
> > > of the 4 Linux distros I have on this machine.
>
> > Can you try a different type of mouse, such as serial or USB instead of
> > PS/2?
>
>  It IS a serial mouse. There is only one PS/2 socket on this machine,
> and the keyboard is plugged into that.
>
>
> Regards,
>        Ron

Try USB mouse or keyboard if you have USB ports.
Did you figure out which IRQs are being used in BL and in Knoppix for 
mouse and optical drive?
Did you try a different type of X?