Jim Higson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I'm still having these problems, on my main machine, which has resisted XFree from the start. As sugested, I've updated the kernel to the prebuilt image 2.4.18-k7 from the woody isos and confirmed the update with uname. It still won't recognise my usb mouse.
The mouse in question is a logitech MX700. I find it hard to belive that the iso kernel builds do not support somthing as comon as a usb mouse, maybe there is another problem here? Google groups says nothing much about this mouse and debian [http://tinyurl.com/2tvzo] and in windows it works as a standard usb mouse.
I have this mouse. Just plug it into the PS/2 mouse port. Are there computers which have USB but not PS/2? What is the big fuss about USB mice?
A few motherboards don't have PS/2.
USB mice also have a much better refresh rate, IIRC serial mice have a
refresh rate of only 35Hz or so, which is pretty unpleasent when you're used to
125Hz like the MX700 can do. Worse still, for gamers the frame rate is
effectively limited by the mouse rate, there's no point in updating the
screen 120 times per second when input is only recieved 35 times per second.
I suppose it comes down to not wanting to use an OS if it doesn't let me
snipe in quake! It might seem petty, but I bought the MX700 specifically for
games. I've got the mouse sorted now, but KDE is crashing the X server, I posted
about this elsewhere in the thread.
And do there exist _normal sized_ keyboards which use USB? All I've seen keyboard-wise is those tiny cramped jobs and the mega "internet wireless console" jobs.
Sure. Most new keyboards I see use usb. I still use an aincient IBM model m with a
din plug, but there are plenty of normal usb keyboards. If I bought a new keyboard
now I'd expect it to be usb.
-- Jim Higson
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