Re: FW: Re: strange problem with USB mouse

[Martin Bähr <mbaehr@email.archlab.tuwien.ac.at>]

On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 07:35:59PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > modprobe input hid and mousedev, all seems OK.
> > then I use "cat /dev/input/mice" to test mouse.
> > The usb mouse does not respond to movement.
> Does X work?  I've never used cat to test a mouse.  I'd use a terrier.

huh? how so?
cats are perfectly adequate for testing mice.
terriers are for testing modems:

yip yip yip yip yip yip yap yap yip *BANG* NO TERRIER

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