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- Subject: installation-guide: [patch] update info about mouse configuration
- From: Peter Samuelson <peter@p12n.org>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:15:23 -0600
- Message-id: <20070110061523.GN4868@p12n.org>
Package: installation-guide Version: 20060726 Tags: patch Anders Lennartsson brought it to my attention that the information about gpm in the installation guide is terribly out-of-date. I think the following is a lot more helpful. Thanks, Peter, with "gpm co-maintainer" hat Index: manual/en/appendix/files.xml =================================================================== --- manual/en/appendix/files.xml (revisione 44084) +++ manual/en/appendix/files.xml (copia locale) @@ -120,46 +120,63 @@ <para> -The mouse can be used in both the Linux console (with gpm) and the X window -environment. The two uses can be made compatible if the gpm repeater is used -to allow the signal to flow to the X server as shown: +The mouse can be used in both the Linux console (with gpm) and the X +window environment. Normally, this is a simple matter of installing +<filename>gpm</filename> and the X server itself. Both should be +configured to use <filename>/dev/input/mice</filename> as the mouse +device. The correct mouse protocol is named +<userinput>exps2</userinput> in gpm, and +<userinput>ExplorerPS/2</userinput> in X. The respective configuration +files are <filename>/etc/gpm.conf</filename> and +<filename>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</filename>. -<informalexample><screen> -mouse => /dev/psaux => gpm => /dev/gpmdata -> /dev/mouse => X - /dev/ttyS0 (repeater) (symlink) - /dev/ttyS1 -</screen></informalexample> +</para><para> -Set the repeater protocol to be raw (in <filename>/etc/gpm.conf</filename>) while -setting X to the original mouse protocol in <filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config</filename> -or <filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</filename>. +Certain kernel modules must be loaded in order for your mouse to work. +In most cases the correct modules are autodetected, but not always for +old-style serial and bus mice, which are quite rare except on very old +computers. (Serial mice usually have a 9-hole D-shaped connector; bus +mice have an 8-pin round connector, not to be confused with the 6-pin +round connector of a PS/2 mouse or the 4-pin round connector of an ADB +mouse.) Summary of Linux kernel modules needed for different mouse +types: -</para><para> +<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><thead> +<row> + <entry>Module</entry> + <entry>Description</entry> +</row> +</thead><tbody> -This approach to use gpm even in X has advantages when the mouse is -unplugged inadvertently. Simply restarting gpm with +<row> + <entry>sermouse</entry> + <entry>Most serial mice</entry> +</row> -<informalexample><screen> -# /etc/init.d/gpm restart -</screen></informalexample> +<row> + <entry>logibm</entry> + <entry>Bus mouse connected to Logitech adapter card</entry> +</row> -will re-connect the mouse in software without restarting X. +<row> + <entry>inport</entry> + <entry>Bus mouse connected to ATI or Microsoft InPort card</entry> +</row> -</para><para> +<row> + <entry>psmouse</entry> + <entry>PS/2 mice (should be autodetected)</entry> +</row> -If gpm is disabled or not installed for some reason, make sure to set X to -read directly from a mouse device such as /dev/psaux. For details, refer -to the 3-Button Mouse mini-Howto at -<filename>/usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/mini/3-Button-Mouse.gz</filename>, -<userinput>man gpm</userinput>, -<filename>/usr/share/doc/gpm/FAQ.gz</filename>, and -<ulink url="&url-xorg;current/doc/html/mouse.html">README.mouse</ulink>. +<row> + <entry>usbhid</entry> + <entry>USB mice (should be autodetected)</entry> +</row> -</para><para arch="powerpc"> +</tbody></tgroup></informaltable> -For PowerPC, in <filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config</filename> or -<filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</filename>, set the mouse device to -<userinput>"/dev/input/mice"</userinput>. +To load a kernel module, run <userinput>modconf</userinput>, and look +in the category <userinput>kernel/drivers/input/mouse</userinput>. </para><para arch="powerpc">Attachment: signature.asc
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- To: 406290-close@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Bug#406290: fixed in installation-guide 20070319
- From: Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org>
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:02:10 +0000
- Message-id: <E1HTN7S-0005K6-Lz@ries.debian.org>
Source: installation-guide Source-Version: 20070319 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of installation-guide, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: installation-guide-alpha_20070319_all.deb to pool/main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-alpha_20070319_all.deb installation-guide-amd64_20070319_all.deb to pool/main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-amd64_20070319_all.deb installation-guide-arm_20070319_all.deb to pool/main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-arm_20070319_all.deb installation-guide-hppa_20070319_all.deb to pool/main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-hppa_20070319_all.deb installation-guide-i386_20070319_all.deb to pool/main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-i386_20070319_all.deb installation-guide-ia64_20070319_all.deb to pool/main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-ia64_20070319_all.deb installation-guide-mips_20070319_all.deb to pool/main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-mips_20070319_all.deb installation-guide-mipsel_20070319_all.deb to pool/main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-mipsel_20070319_all.deb installation-guide-powerpc_20070319_all.deb to pool/main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-powerpc_20070319_all.deb installation-guide-s390_20070319_all.deb to pool/main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-s390_20070319_all.deb installation-guide-sparc_20070319_all.deb to pool/main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide-sparc_20070319_all.deb installation-guide_20070319.dsc to pool/main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide_20070319.dsc installation-guide_20070319.tar.gz to pool/main/i/installation-guide/installation-guide_20070319.tar.gz A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 406290@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> (supplier of updated installation-guide package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:00:12 +0100 Source: installation-guide Binary: installation-guide-powerpc installation-guide-amd64 installation-guide-s390 installation-guide-ia64 installation-guide-mipsel installation-guide-arm installation-guide-mips installation-guide-sparc installation-guide-alpha installation-guide-i386 installation-guide-hppa Architecture: source all Version: 20070319 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Changed-By: Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Description: installation-guide-alpha - Debian installation guide installation-guide-amd64 - Debian installation guide installation-guide-arm - Debian installation guide installation-guide-hppa - Debian installation guide installation-guide-i386 - Debian installation guide installation-guide-ia64 - Debian installation guide installation-guide-mips - Debian installation guide installation-guide-mipsel - Debian installation guide installation-guide-powerpc - Debian installation guide installation-guide-s390 - Debian installation guide installation-guide-sparc - Debian installation guide Closes: 344048 406290 406515 408340 408408 410129 410317 411399 413257 Changes: installation-guide (20070319) unstable; urgency=low . [ Frans Pop ] * Cleaned up definitions of some entities and removed unused ones. * Implement infrastructure that allows entities to be translated. Thanks to Miroslav Kure for providing the patch. Closes: #344048, #406515. * Disable Korean PDF/PS formats for builds for the website. * appendix/files: update information about mouse configuration, based on a patch from Peter Samuelson (for which thanks). Closes: #406290. * boot-installer, appendix/preseed: document preseed/interactive parameter. . [ Joey Hess ] * Fix package name for installation-reports, and manual unfuzzy of all translations. Closes: #408408 . [ Frans Pop ] * welcome: - make links to FSF and GNU more consistent (closes: #410317) - we do not necessarily share the ideals of the FSF (closes: #410129) Thanks to Francesco Poli for suggesting these changes. * using-d-i: guided partitioning now creates swap inside LVM. Thanks to Francesco Poli. Closes: #411399. * Document installs over PPPoE. Based on a text proposed by Eddy Petrisor. Closes: #408340. * installation-howto: update for the integration of base-config into D-I. * appendix/preseed: - as exim no longer asks any questions during installations, there is no real need to document it anymore - add link to Philip Hand's website as it contains many creative examples - document how to select the ftp protocol during mirror selection - document how to install from CD/DVD only (and not use a network mirror) * Update base/standard system and task sizes. . [ Joey Hess ] * Document debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated. . [ Wouter Verhelst ] * Update mac68k installation after notes from Finn Thain, upstream mac68k kernel hacker. . [ Frans Pop ] * Replace entity in example-preseed.txt file. Thanks to Geert Stappers for spotting the error. Closes: #413257. 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