Re: Problem with optical mouse PS/2

[michael <linux@networkingnewsletter.org.uk>]

On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 20:44 +0000, Pollywog wrote:
> On Friday 20 May 2005 07:44 pm, Marcelo Luiz de Laia wrote:
> 
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > 	Identifier "PS/2 Roda"
> > 	Driver "mouse"
> > 	Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> > 	Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> > 	Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> > 	Option "Butons" "5"
> > 	Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> > 	Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
> > 	Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
> > EndSection
> 
> This is what I have and it worked with my mechanical mouse and with the 
> optical mouse I am using now:
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Mouse1"
>         Driver  "mouse"
>         Option  "CorePointer"
>         Option  "Device"        "/dev/psaux"
>         Option  "Protocol"      "IMPS/2"
>         Option  "Emulate3Buttons"       "YES"
>         Option  "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Mouse2"
>         Driver  "mouse"
>         Option  "SendCoreEvents"        "YES"
>         Option  "Device"        "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option  "Protocol"      "IMPS/2"
>         Option  "Emulate3Buttons"       "YES"
>         Option  "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"
> EndSection
> 
> 

I have a similar prob. Having replaced the mobo (which Linux could
handle but WinXP required a partial re-installation - how sloppy!) it
now says /dev/psaux not present for my mouse.... 

Any ideas?

Ta, Michael