Travis Troyer wrote: >I have a Logitech 2 button optical USB mouse, with a wheel, and I cannot >get it to work properly in x. If I move the mouse around, the cursor >goes to the top-left corner, and bounces around that area. I have tried >different protocols, such as Microsoft and IMPS/2, and tried to follow >the steps outlines on various sites, but I am lost. > >Most recently, I tried the guide at >http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x194.html, but got confused at the >very first part. It says: > >"In the kernel configuration stage, you need to turn on USB Human >Interface Device (HID) support in the USB support and Mouse Support in >the Input core support." > >I'm not sure what they mean by kernel configuration stage? Do they mean >during the initial setup? Will I have to rebuild my kernel to get this >to work? It also says I'll need to load the input.o, hid.o, and >mousedev.o modules. I don't have these. Are these in the kernel >source, for me to add when I rebuild? > > Since you're getting activity from the mouse, that means the kernel has support for the mouse -- no need to (re)compile a kernel.
Since you're tried different protocols, that leads me to three possible conclusions: 1) you haven't tried the right protocol; 2) your mouse is "broken" in regard to the protocols available; and 3) your X mouse driver is conflicting with the console mouse driver (gpm). Of these, I suspect #3 is your problem. To test #3, press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch to the first virtual terminal; move the mouse. Do you see a square cursor moving around? If so, you have gpm running, and it's nearly certain that you just need to get the two drivers to play nice together. Another way to test #3 is to run "ps ax | grep [g]pm"; if you see a line like: 180 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/gpm -m /dev/input/mice -t imps2 -Rraw then yep, you've got gpm running; you just need to get the two drivers to play nice together. If that's the case, post that info and we'll help you to get the two drivers to work together. Kent > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
