Re: Changing from a PS/2 mouse to a USB mouse?
On 16-Mar-2002 stan wrote:
> I'm finally installing my wife's new woody workstation this weekend.
>
> Much to my chagrin, I find out that the cable from the IR mouse reciever is
> not long enough to reach from the computer (on the left of the desk) to
> where the mouse needs to be (on the right). Fortunately the LCD display has
> built in USB ports, and the mouse can do USB.
>
> So, what's involved in changing from PS/2 to USB on the mouse only (I don't
> have a USB keyboard).
>
you need usb in the kernel (module or otherwise). Then it is pretty easy to
tell X the mouse is USB. The USB howto covers this well. See docs from kernel
source Documentation/usb I believe.
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