Re: /dev/psaux

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Drogo Bumbleroot wrote:

> > Drogo Bumbleroot wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > > > I know I've got a PS2 mouse, but X-Windows is telling me it's not
> > > > > there...
> > > > >          
>
>
> I've gotten X-Windows to come up if I use /dev/input/mice (saw it somewhere
> on a webpage), but it still tells me the mouse is in use if I use /dev/psaux
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>        Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
>        Driver          "mouse"
>        Option          "CorePointer"
>        Option          "Protocol"              "PS/2"
> #       Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
>        Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
>        Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
>        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
> EndSection
>
>
>  
Erm, do you have an USB mouse?
If so, the "/dev/psaux" device is the wrong device to use, and 
"/dev/input/mice" is the correct device.

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Kent