[PLUG] Speaking of X
Bill Spears
bspears at easystreet.com
Wed Feb 12 13:13:02 UTC 2003
On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 02:50, Paul Heinlein wrote:
> On 13 Feb 2003, Bill Spears wrote:
>
> > > Can you provide
> > >
> > > * a description of the mouse you're using (no. of buttons, type of
> > > connector, wheel/no-wheel, ...)
> > >
> > > * from your /etc/X11/XF86Config file
> > > - any ServerLayout sections
> > > - any InputDevice sections that define the mouse Driver
> > >
>
> > Mouse: Microsoft optical wheel mouse usb, plugged into a PS/2 adapter
>
> Ah, that's interesting. So Linux and X think you've got a PS/2 mouse,
> not a USB mouse. I think you'll need to do some editing of your
> XF86Config file.
>
> First, make a safe copy of your current /etc/X11/XF86Config file.
>
> Then,
>
> > Section "ServerLayout"
> > Identifier "Anaconda Configured"
> > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> > InputDevice "Mouse1" "SendCoreEvents"
> > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> > EndSection
>
> Comment out the Mouse0 and Mouse1 lines in the ServerLayout section.
> Add a new line just below Mouse1:
>
> InputDevice "MouseLocal" "CorePointer"
>
> Create a new InputDevice Section:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "MouseLocal"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> You can leave the Mouse0 and Mouse1 InputDevice sections alone.
>
> Restart X and see if it flies. :-)
>
> --Paul Heinlein <heinlein at attbi.com>
>
After a few false starts, due to typos on my part, it is working. Is
there some reason for turning Emulate3Buttons off? What's the difference
between /dev/psaux and /dev/input/mice?
I had thought that since the physical connector was PS/2 that the port
would also be. Doh!
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