On Friday 18 Nov 2005 13:45, Daniel da Veiga wrote:
> On 11/18/05, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi all.
> > I just can't seem to get my new mouse working. Up until now I have used
> > a ps2 mouse with no problems.
> > Now I have a usb one and this is what I've done so far:-
> > recompiled the kernel to include usb input devices
> > checked that the mouse is connected using lsusb, this shows Bus 003
> > Device 002: ID 09da:022b A4 Tech Co., Ltd
> > My xorg.conf reads
> > Section "ServerLayout"
> > Identifier "X.org Configured"
> > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> > EndSection
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > Identifier "Mouse0"
> > Driver "mouse"
> > Option "Protocol" "Auto"
> > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> > EndSection
>
> Well, you should check dmesg when you plug your mouse to see how
> exactly it is recognized, then use "cat" in the file that represent
> your mouse (you're pointing to /dev/input/mice at xorg.conf, mine is
> /dev/mice) and move the mouse, if you get garbage at the console while
> moving it, its the right file and your mouse is working, so you just
> need to get the right protocol (I went testing all of them till I find
> the one, auto never did it for me).
>
> > I can't find any info on what to do to set the new mouse correctly
> > Can anybody please help
Thanks for the response,
cat /dev/mice - no such file
cat /dev/input/mice and dev/input/mouse0 work but it is my ps2 mouse not the
new usb one.
Where do I find a list of protocols to try?
Paul
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