Re: X11 on Performa 400
On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 04:38:48AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 02:35, James Longstreet wrote:
> > I've gotten XFree86 installed on my Performa 400 (68030 16MHz). I've
> > been having trouble my mouse to work correctly. I'm using an ADB II
> > mouse. From a quick `ls /dev`, I determined I should use /dev/adbmouse
> > for my mouse device... but that doesn't seem to work. When I do `cat
> > /dev/adbmouse` on console, the output doesn't seem to have anything to
> > do with how i move the mouse, and when I click, cat dies, saying "cat:
> > /dev/adbmouse: resource temporarily unavailable". Once I start X, as
> > soon as the 'X' cursor would be responding to mouse movement, i.e. not
> > stuck in the center of the screen, it immediately goes to the lower
> > left corner, and moves randomly a little bit, but not so that I have
> > control over it.
> >
> > My XFree86Config-4 file is attached below:
> [snip]
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> > Driver "mouse"
> > Option "CorePointer"
> > Option "Device" "/dev/adbmouse"
> > Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> ^^^^^^
>
> An ADB mouse that uses the PS/2 protocol?
That's indeed it. IIRC, you need the "busmouse" protocol.
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