Re: A USB Mouse Remedy

[Oliver Fuchs <oliverfuchs1@gmx.de>]

On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, Richard Spillane wrote:

> I have been having trouble getting my Logitech USB mouse to work on Debian.
> So I got some advice from the list, and one gentleman said his worked "out
> of the box".  I have a Woody set, so since I had JUST installed, I decided
> it would be easier to simply reinstall.  However I am STILL not sure if I
> did it right:
> 
> When presented at the installation with what driver to use, I had these
> choices:
> psaux
> ttys0
> ttys1
> ttys2
> input/mouse
> and some other options for specialty mice like a Sun mouse or a Microsoft
> Bus mouse.
> 
> I decided the safest bet was psaux, then it asked me these things:
> PS/2
> Brand Name PS/2
> 
> but all the options were "prefix" PS/2.  Now I am thinking I wasted yet MORE
> time, because I chose psaux instead of what my gut told me, input/mouse.
> Now what should I do?
 
Hi Rick,

I am also using a Logitech USB mouse and it works great.
I am using a recompiled kernel 2.2.20. My kernel options were set to:


CONFIG_USB=y
CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y
CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y
CONFIG_USB_BANDWIDTH=y
CONFIG_USB_HID=m
CONFIG_USB_KBD=m
CONFIG_USB_MOUSE=m
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBDEV=m
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=m
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_X=1024
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_SCREEN_Y=768
CONFIG_INPUT_JOYDEV=m
CONFIG_USB_WMFORCE=m
CONFIG_USB_WACOM=m
CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=m

With modconf I loaded these modules:

mousedev
input
uhci

With dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 I configured my mouse in
/etc/X11/XF86Config like this:

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/psaux"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"SendCoreEvents"	"true"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
EndSection

After rebooting your mouse should be recognized.
I hope this helps.

Oliver
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