Re: USB Mouse

[Jonathan Heaney <j.heaney@zetnet.co.uk>]

Felix Guerrero wrote:

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

Your best bet would be to use a 2.2.13 kernel, and patch usb in it to 2.3.28 level.
Check out :-

http://www.suse.cz/development/usb-backport/

You'll want to download the larger diff and patch the 2.2.13 (or 2.2.14pre) kernel.

The patch takes care of the config.in but you still have to enable experimental
support when you're selecting your kernel options.

Also check out the USB howto:-

http://www.dynamine.net/linux-usb/HOWTO/

Which will tell you how to set things up.

If you have a wheelmouse (eg MS Intellimouse) you'll need to use the 2.3.x backport
(and e.g. imwheel) to get the wheel working.

Jonathan.