Re: I don't understand USB Mouses in Debian
Richard Spillane was roused into action on 09/23/02 17:26 and wrote:
I tried using the dpkg-reconfigure xserver xfree86 command, and I thought it
would work, but even though I set my device to /dev/input/mouse it didn't
take. I also installed hotplug, and that didn't seem to work. I am really
lost, I would figure that if you had your mouse plugged in during
installation Debian would automatically take care of it. I just installed a
stock Debian installation, and I never told it NOT to install USB drivers
for my mouse. I don't know what to do. Can anybody help me?
Here's an irony for you - I've got my Logitech USB mouse running under
Debian, but *NOT* under Windows 98, even though I installed Win98 with
it plugged in! So I have an older serial mouse for use in Windows :)
Anyway, getting back to the problem:
You'll need some modules loaded I think to get this to work:
usbcore
usb-uhci
hid
mousedev
usbmouse
In XF86Config-4, the device ought to be set to something like
/dev/input/mice, but I think this can vary and I recall having to create
it. See
http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x194.html
Good luck
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David P. James
4th Year Economics Student
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
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The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the universe.
-Dr. Leonard McCoy, Star Trek IV
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