Re: how to specify optical USB mouse in XF86Config-4
--- Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
> On 5/13/07, Serena Cantor <qipaishi2006@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks!
> > in etch, it is auto-configed
> >
> > Now I want to config it in sarge. I enter
> >
> > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> >
> > but I don't know which mouse option I should select.
> >
> > and which kernel module I should load?
>
>
>
> In a text-mode VT, try the command "cat /dev/input/mice" and move your
> mouse; you should see ASCII garbage generated. (Ctrl-C to quit, followed by
> "reset" typed blindly if necessary.)
>
> If that generates garbage, then "/dev/input/mice" is what you want in your
> config file. If it does not generate garbage, you may need to modprobe mouse
> or usbmouse or usbhid or any of several others; I never can remember
> exactly. You can install "modconf" and run it, and install any promising
> looking modules via a text-based "point-and-click" interface until you find
> the correct [combination of] module[s]. That's usually what I used to do.
>
> If you have an Etch box running with a USB mouse, you can "lsmod" on that
> box and look for any relevant USB and/or mouse and/or input modules and try
> them on the Sarge box.
>
>
> --
> Kent West
> Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com
>
In sarge, I enter "cat /dev/input/mice", it says "no such device"
I know it's hid, I tried to load modules, it just does not work.
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