Re: USB mouse recognition
Frank Fürst wrote:
> Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp> schrieb:
>
>
>>I recommend filing a bug against such package, but I could not
>>remember which package offhand.
>>
>>It could be somewhere along base-files or debootstrap.
>>
>
> Isn't this the postinst-Skript of makedev?
>
> | cd /dev
> |
> | /sbin/MAKEDEV std
> | /sbin/MAKEDEV consoleonly
> |
> | test -e /dev/tty0 || /sbin/MAKEDEV tty0
>
OK, I digged through various files from the package "makedev" and bugs
#62222 and #89932 thanks to your hint. I think I finally found out what
the problem is: "MAKEDEV input" was never run on my fresh woody
installation.
Therefore the corresponding entry in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 pointed to
the non-existant device /dev/input/mice.
After I ran "MAKEDEV input" manually, the correct devices showed up in
/dev/input.
So either this has to be run in the case statement "std" (see above code
snipplet) which generates standard devices (as far as I understand) or
at some other appropriate place in this file. I don't know what other
architectures need, but from practice I know that on i386 you absolutely
need /dev/input/mice for USB mice in XFree86.
One problem's still there, though. If this "bug" would be corrected,
would it make into Woody? (excuse this question but I don't yet fully
understand the unstable/testing release procedure nor am I up-to-date
with the current Woody freeze status...)
FYI, I didn't file a bug report yet.
Beat
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