Hi, On Saturday 15 May 2010 23:11:27 Kent West wrote: > I would take X out of the equation, and see if you can get it working in > the console with gpm.
This has now worked, and the 3-button serial mouse is now working in KDE with the data fed through gpm more or less as described in http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/FAQ#lefthandmouse but with a crucial difference. Specifically, the non-commented-out lines of /etc/gpm.conf now read: device=/dev/ttyS0 responsiveness= repeat_type=ms3 type=mman append='' sample_rate= And the non-commented-out lines of the only part of /etc/X11/xorg.conf that refers to the mouse now read: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata" Option "Protocol" "IntelliMouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection The most crucial difference from what I expected from the documentation, and from what dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg put in /etc/X11/xorg.conf, is the line device=/dev/ttyS0 in /etc/gpm.conf. I guess the explanation must be that /dev/input/mice is only for PS/2 mice. So the statement by Xorg -configure that Xorg detected the (serial) mouse at /dev/input/mice is at present unexplained. A clue to why the above arrangement works is provided in http://tldp.org/HOWTO/3-Button-Mouse-8.html which states that the -R option of gpm, apparently related to repeat_type, makes gpm re-export the mouse data to a new device, called /dev/gpmdata, which looks like a mouse to any other program. This 3-button mouse is the one described as 3 Button AT Serial Mouse 520 DPI on Amazon UK and was purchased from CableCity.co.uk via Amazon. I subsequently found and purchased a PS/2 mouse of the same design on the CableCity website, but it hasn't arrived yet. These two mice are the only genuine 3-button mice with 3 genuine buttons rather than 2 buttons plus a scrollwheel / button that I could find. The PS/2 mouse on the CableCity website cost just 99 pence plus postage and is marked for clearance, which seems a shame. The name on the serial mouse box is Easy Mouse, and the box says Made in China. The side panel of the box indicates that a USB version and a Combo PS/2+USB version might also be available. The three buttons now appear to be working as they are supposed to, i.e. 1 for select, 2 for context menus, and middle / 3 for paste, and even just while writing this message it has been an enormous relief to be able to paste with a proper middle button, rather than by 3-button emulation, which in Lenny frequently gives an unwanted context menu, and even worse, sometimes activates an item in that context menu. Best regards, Chris Austin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201005161459.19702.chrisaus...@ukonline.co.uk
