On my Centos-5.5 (x64) based desktop the optical mouse I originally configured during the system install has died. In /etc/sysconfig/hwconf this is configured as:
class: MOUSE bus: USB detached: 0 device: input/mice driver: genericwheelusb desc: "Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM)" usbclass: 3 usbsubclass: 1 usbprotocol: 2 usbbus: 4 usblevel: 1 usbport: 0 usbdev: 4 vendorId: 045e deviceId: 0053 usbmfr: Microsoft usbprod: Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM)
I have replaced the failed mouse with a spare from our surplus parts cabinet and now the centre wheel/button click no longer inserts selected text at the current cursor position. I would like to obtain this feature with the replacement mouse, which is described on the bottom as a MicroSoft Optical Mouse Blue USB and PS/2 compatible. It has a usb connector which is plugged directly into the chassis usb port.
All the other features of the mouse seem to work just fine. I simply cannot obtain the centre button click insert capability. Is there no way to simply force CentOS-5 to re-detect the attached mouse? It must have done something akin to this during the initial install.
I tried running kudzu as root from a gnome terminal session but that had no effect that I can detect.