From: "nate" <debian-user@aphroland.org>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: usb mouse
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 18:32:59 -0800 (PST)
Bruce Park said:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I have a MS Wheel Mouse Optical plugged into the usb port in my pc. This
> mouse has two buttons and a scroller.
> It seems to me that my X-Server won't start because it doesn't recognize
> /dev/input/mice. I've read somewhere you need to load the usb modules
> before you can use them. Since I just finished installing
> debian(2.4.bf24), how can I install the usb modules?
I would expect the bf24 kernel to have the modules. lookin at the config
file it does. So, for me it was pretty easy, I migrated my laptop to
2.4.20 a couple days ago and usb was a snap(about as easy as with
2.2.x.
what i did:
modprobe hid
modprobe mousedev
that loaded the drivers for my logitech mouseman marble wheel.
I already had my device, I use /dev/usbmouse:
crw-rw---- 1 root root 13, 63 Feb 17 2002 /dev/usbmouse
that would be:
mknod /dev/usbmouse c 13 63
then I configured X to use this device and it worked fine. I already
had X configured since I had usb workin in 2.2.19 as well. I don't
have my USB load on boot, it seems to conflict with my sound, so
I only load it when I need it.
nate
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