On Tue, 2002-08-13 at 01:15, Clive Menzies wrote: > Some further information: I managed to find a way to log out of x > using function and arrow keys and the log still refers to Cannot open > device /dev/input/mice and the protocol is ImPS/2 although I had > selected "Auto" - seemed like a good idea at the time ;-)
The xserver-xfree86 configuration always includes a non-core pointer section for /dev/input/mice because it's very generic. > At 11:11 pm +0200 12/8/02, Michel Dänzer wrote: > >'No such device' means there's no driver for it. I don't know if > >/dev/input/mice is supported on Nubus Macs, maybe you need something like > >/dev/adbmouse with the BusMouse protocol? > Thanks Michel - I've made some progress ;-) > > In dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 I selected ttyS0 (serial mouse) - > there was no adbmouse available? Nor did I see anywhere to configure > BusMouse protocol. However, I am at least getting something like > Gnome appearing with v.weird colours and no mouse movement. About the colors, try different depths, in particular 15 vs. 16. > I can't switch terminals with Apple + Fn but Tab/arrow keys seem to take me > around the desktop but not in any way that's useful. > > Where do I go from here? Is there another way of setting up adbmouse > and BusMouse protocol? You can edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 directly, at least for testing stuff. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
