Hi, Just my 2 cents, I have never had any problems pointing to /dev/input/mice, I run Gentoo on a ThinkPad T41p which effectively has three different "mice": trackpoint, touchpad and a USB connected wheel mouse.
Hope this helps. -AR On 4/15/05, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I got the alsa sound set up right (I think) and now I turn my attention > toward support for my Mitsumi Optical wheel mouse. I never had a > problem with it before the past two days' install. I ran X -configure > and got a configuration file: > > xorg.conf.new: > > baby root # cat xorg.conf.new > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "X.org Configured" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb" > ModulePath "/usr/lib/modules" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "extmod" > Load "dri" > Load "dbe" > Load "record" > Load "xtrap" > Load "glx" > Load "type1" > Load "freetype" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > #DisplaySize 280 210 # mm > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "KDS" > ModelName "ion VS-550" > HorizSync 30.0 - 55.0 > VertRefresh 50.0 - 90.0 > Option "DPMS" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > ### Available Driver options are:- > ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", > ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" > ### [arg]: arg optional > #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>] > #Option "HWCursor" # [<bool>] > #Option "SWCursor" # [<bool>] > #Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>] > #Option "Rotate" # [<str>] > #Option "UseBIOS" # [<bool>] > #Option "LCDClock" # <freq> > #Option "ShadowStatus" # [<bool>] > #Option "CrtOnly" # [<bool>] > #Option "TvOn" # [<bool>] > #Option "PAL" # [<bool>] > #Option "ForceInit" # [<bool>] > #Option "Overlay" # [<str>] > #Option "TransparencyKey" # [<str>] > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "savage" > VendorName "S3 Inc." > BoardName "ProSavage KM133" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 1 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 4 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 8 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 15 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 16 > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > EndSubSection > EndSection > > And when I tried to use it to startx I got the following output: > > baby root # cat xerrors > _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 > _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/baby:0 > _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6 > > X Window System Version 6.8.2 > Release Date: 9 February 2005 > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2 > Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.11-gentoo-r5 i686 [ELF] > Current Operating System: Linux baby 2.6.11-gentoo-r5 #1 Wed Apr 13 > 19:34:37 Local time zone must be set--see zic manu i686 > Build Date: 15 April 2005 > Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org > to make sure that you have the latest version. > Module Loader present > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Apr 15 09:29:27 2005 > (++) Using config file: "xorg.conf.new" > Using vt 7 > [10e] 320 x 200, 70Hz > [133] 320 x 240, 72Hz > [143] 400 x 300, 72Hz > [153] 512 x 384, 70Hz > [11d] 640 x 400, 70Hz > [111] 640 x 480, 160Hz, 100Hz, 85Hz, 75Hz, 72Hz, 60Hz > [173] 720 x 480, 75Hz, 72Hz > [17e] 720 x 576, 75Hz, 72Hz > [114] 800 x 600, 160Hz, 100Hz, 85Hz, 75Hz, 72Hz, 60Hz, 56Hz > [15d] 848 x 480, 75Hz > [117] 1024 x 768, 130Hz, 100Hz, 85Hz, 75Hz, 72Hz, 70Hz, 60Hz > [163] 1152 x 864, 100Hz, 85Hz, 75Hz, 72Hz, 70Hz, 60Hz > [17a] 1280 x 768, 60Hz > [14f] 1280 x 960, 85Hz, 60Hz > [11a] 1280 x 1024, 100Hz, 85Hz, 75Hz, 72Hz, 60Hz > [16d] 1360 x 768, 60Hz > [122] 1600 x 1200, 85Hz, 75Hz, 60Hz > [138] 1920 x 1440, 60Hz > (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse > No such file or directory. > (EE) Mouse0: cannot open input device > (EE) PreInit failed for input device "Mouse0" > No core pointer > > Fatal server error: > failed to initialize core devices > > I could not even get X to start without commenting out every reference > to Mouse0 in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Is there a way to fix this? The mouse > works fine (even with all the settings commented out in xorg.conf) > except that the wheel doesn't do anything... > -Michael Sullivan- > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
