Re: XFree86 on potato

[Taro Fukunaga <tarozax@earthlink.net>]

I am happy to say that I got the mouse in X working.  What helped was
the website mentioned below. I wish I had known about it earlier :-)

- I edited .config in the toplevel of my 2.2.18 kernel source tree to
match the recommended configuration settings on Franz Sirl's website,
then built and installed the kernel.
- I debianized (using alien) the dev rpm that made a device called
adbmouse. Then I edited /etc/X11/XF86Config so that the mouse device was adbmouse.

That's all I've done so far, except to fix my keymapping with a
configuration file I made using xmodmap. Backspaces are fixed now on my
PowerComputing 105 key keyboard. If someone desperately needs this I can
put it up somewhere.

Thanks to Adam and Garry for their input on this plea for help! 

-- Taro


Taro Fukunaga wrote:
> 
> Thank you. I am using 2.2.18, compiled from sources from kernel.org. I guess
> I'll work on it tonight.
> 
> -- Taro
> 
> ------Original Message------
> From: Adam C Powell IV <hazelsct@mit.edu>
> To: Taro Fukunaga <tarozax@earthlink.net>
> Sent: January 2, 2001 4:13:27 PM GMT
> Subject: Re: XFree86 on potato
> 
> Taro Fukunaga wrote:
> 
> > I reinstalled Potato on the following machine and can't start the mouse
> > in X:
> >
> > Machine: PowerComputing PowerCenter 120
> > Video:    XClaim3D 8MB
> > OF:         Old World
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > What can I put in my Device section so that I can use my mouse?
> 
> The big question here is: which kernel are you using?  If 2.2.18pre21 (the
> latest kernel-image in potato), then see:
> http://home.munich.netsurf.de/Franz.Sirl/inputppc.html
> 
> That page will help you configure the device files, gpm and X to work with
> the
> new input layer, which blends all of the attached mice into a single device.
> But read it carefully, some things are not straightforward, such as the
> keycodes
> for button-2 and -3 emulation.
> 
> If you're not using the 2.2.18pre21, I'm afraid I can't help you, maybe
> someone
> else.  But because it simplifies a lot of things, I recommend trying to get
> it
> to work with the new input layer.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> -Adam P.
> 
> Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe!
> 
> 
> 
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