Re: adbmouse

[Manuel Reiter <reiter@th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de>]

Hi Ralf,

> The Apple ADB mouse doesn't work. I can't imagine the right gpm setup and 
> searching the databases hasn't brought enough information to this :-(
> X doen't start either, because it doesn't find the mouse.
> 
> So I looked into /dev and ls *mouse* found "atarimouse amigamouse mouse 
> usbmouse" and ls -l mouse found "mouse -> adbmouse" but I can locate nor 
> find any file which is named "adbmouse".

I think newer Kernels have a new input layer. I can't really tell you the
details since Linux on a PowerMac is rather new for me, but the following
line in gpm.conf works for me (PowerMac 7600, stock Debian Kernel 2.2.19):

	device=/dev/input/mice

You might also want to put

	dev/mac_hid/mouse_button2_keycode = 87
	dev/mac_hid/mouse_button3_keycode = 88
	dev/mac_hid/mouse_button_emulation = 1

or similar into /etc/sysctl.conf to get 3-button emulation (on F11 and F12
in this case).

Best regards,

  Manuel