Re: The quest for rodent power

[John Foster <jfoster@augustmail.com>]

Harry Putnam wrote:


> > But since the mouse works in X, I assume that that X reads from
> > /dev/psaux.
> 
> Edited gpm.conf:
> 
> device=/dev/psaux
> responsiveness=
> repeat_type=raw
> type=ps2
> append=""
> sample_rate=
> 
> [...] Thanks for the tutorial overview of how it works
> 
> >> How can I tell beyond doubt which device the mouse is on.
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see output of "dmesg"

> 
> Is there a difinitive answer to that... some canonical way to know for
> sure where the mouse is connected?  Is that likely to be a source of
> problems here?
> >
> >     /etc/gpm.conf:
> >         device=/dev/psaux
> >         repeat_type=raw
> >
> >     /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> >         Section "InputDevice"
> >             Identifier        "gpm-mouse"   # human-readable ID
> >             Driver    "mouse"
> >             Option    "Device"        "/dev/gpmdata"
> >             Option    "Protocol"      "PS/2"
> >             # Add other options according to personal taste...
> >         EndSection
> 
> Edited version now is:
> 
>    Section "InputDevice"
>            Identifier           "Configured Mouse"
>            Driver               "mouse"
>            Option               "CorePointer"
>            Option               "Device"                "/dev/gpmdata"
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the line above should be                  "/dev/mouse"
and you should have a hard link in the /dev dir for @mouse that points
to /dev/psaux
or depending on your version of gpm you may also have /dev/@gpmdata as
the pointer to /dev/psaux...either one should work. 

>            Option               "Protocol"              "PS/2"
>            Option               "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
>            Option               "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
>    EndSection
> 
> What does the ZAxisMapping thing mean?
> 
> >         Section "ServerLayout"
> >             ...
> >             InputDevice "gpm-mouse" "CorePointer"
> >             ...
> >         EndSection
> 
> In that ServerLayout section, did you mean to only have one line
> devoted to mouse? And others as they are?  My current setup there
> is:
> 
>     Section "ServerLayout"
>            Identifier   "Default Layout"
>            Screen               "Default Screen"
>            InputDevice  "Generic Keyboard"
>            InputDevice  "Configured Mouse"
>            InputDevice  "Generic Mouse"
>     EndSection
> ========================================
> Now changed to:
>    Section "ServerLayout"
>            Identifier   "Default Layout"
>            Screen               "Default Screen"
>            InputDevice  "Generic Keyboard"
>            InputDevice  "gpm-mouse" "CorePointer"
>    #       InputDevice  "Configured Mouse"
>    #       InputDevice  "Generic Mouse"
>    EndSection

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John Foster
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