hello John... * John Harrold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-02-10 14:38 +0100]: > So I decided it was time to get a laptop and I got a powerbook. Naturally > the first thing I did was repartition the drive to install linux. Now I've > got debian installed and it's dual booting between osx and debian just > fine. After installing and configuring X, gdm starts and x _looks_ fine. > However, the mouse doesn't work. I've tried various devices in the > XF86Config file: > > /dev/input/mice > /dev/input/mouse0 > /dev/input/mouse1 > /dev/psaux > > though none of them seem to work. I realize that apple just started using > trackpads which give the user scrollwheel like functionality. Is it > possible that this is what is wrong?
hm, i do not think so. i have scrollwheel functionality with the help of mouseemu (http://www.geekounet.org/powerbook/files/mouseemu.tar.gz) on a 15 months old Powerbook, too. there might be some kernel modules missing. what does your .config look like? is CONFIG_INPUT_ADBHID enabled? you should see some output when you "cat < /dev/input/mice" and move your finger on the trackpad. > I've looked around on the web and most of the pages about installing linux > on powerbooks are pretty old. Can anyone offer any thoughts on this? does any of the reports listed on http://tuxmobil.org/apple.html help you? cheers, Sebastian -- ::: .O. ::: ..O ::: OOO ::: lynx -source http://www.kodeaffe.de/shensche.pub | gpg --import
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