Re: USB Mouse

[Phil Brutsche <pbrutsch@creighton.edu>]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...

> Hi,
> 
> Are there any drivers or packages to make an USB mouse work with the
> Debian distribution?

Packages: I doubt it.  The drivers simply don't exist in the currently
available Debian (it uses a 2.0.x kernel), and will never be available.

Your best option for a USB mouse under Linux is to use a current
development kernel (2.3.x) - they have the best support for USB.  Just be
aware that at the moment 2.3.x seems to be compile-error and crash
prone.

The current stable series (2.2.x) has experimental support for USB; mice
and keyboards will work.  Just don't expect anything else to :)

If you have no alternative but to use a USB mouse, and are (for some
reason unable) to upgrade from the 2.0.x kernel, you're out of luck with
Linux, I'm sorry to say.

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Phil Brutsche					pbrutsch@creighton.edu

"There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the
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