Scott Cole wrote: > I could not find anythign on this at the web site, so I apologize if > it is an old question. > > I have an Imac DV (slot-loading New World Rom). My mouse does not > work at all. As the kernel boots I see that it will recognize my > intellimouse explorer. I rebooted with my hockey puck and i saw on > the kernel load that it recognized this mouse and even mentioned 3 > button emulation but still nothing. I did a CD install. This is 2.2 > potato Rev2. > > I tried Xconfigurator that I have used with linuxppc but apparently > that is not present in debian. Any help would be appreciated.
This sounds like yet another "new input layer" problem, caused by a kernel config change in 2.2R2 without a similar upgrade to the /dev nodes and default X and gpm settings. Here's my stock answer to new input layer questions: Since you're using 2.2.18pre21 as your kernel, see: http://home.munich.netsurf.de/Franz.Sirl/inputppc.html That page will help you configure the device nodes, gpm and X to work with the new input layer, which blends all of the attached USB/ADB/PS2/etc. mice into a single device. Note that the button 2 and 3 emulation is quite different from the way it used to be, and involves keycodes from /usr/include/linux/input.h, not the usual adb keycodes. Also, you should *NOT* attempt to use the RedHat dev package to make the device nodes. Use mknod as directed at the URL above. Hope this helps, -Adam P. Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe!
