Re: New ... please help

["mr matsui" <mr@matsui.fsnet.co.uk>]

> From: "Vivek Dasmohapatra" <vivek@etla.org>
> 3. does Debian support USB mouse ... if yes ... how could i
> configure it ... ? > I would appreciate any advice I can get ....


I've just done this, but I'm running 2.4.2, cant say if it will work with a
debian kernel 2.2.19, give it a try !

Recompiling the kernel I selected,

Support for USB
Preliminary USB device filesystem
UHCI Intel PIIX4, VIA support,
USB Human Interface Device (HID) full support
USB mouse support
then recompile the kernel, make-kpkg kernel_image
Install the kernel dpkg -i ....
edit /etc/fstab and add
    none /proc/bus/usb usbdefs defaults 0 0
    none /var/shm shm defaults 0 0
make the mouse in /dev ie
    mkdir /dev/input
    mknod /dev/input/mouse0 c 13 32
the edit /etc/X11/XF86Config "pointer section to point to /dev/input/mouse0
Reboot, and hopefull everything works.

Hope this is of some help....

Derm.