On Friday 18 Nov 2005 14:48, Richard Fish wrote: > > With /dev/input/mice, you do not need to try extra protocols. > > /dev/input/mouseX corresponds to a specific mouse...if both PS/2 and > USB mice are seen by the kernel, you should have both mouse0 and > mouse1 devices. With these specific devices, you need the right > protocol. > > /dev/input/mice is the kernel mouse multi-plexor. All mice that are > recognized by the kernel can be read there, with the same protocol, so > "Auto" or "ExplorerPS/2" are both fine. > > What specific kernel options did you enable for the USB mouse? The > best one is CONFIG_USB_HID with CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT: > > Device Drivers ---> > USB support ---> > <M> USB Human Interface Device (full HID) support > [*] HID input layer support > > If you have these, post the relevent lines from dmesg after plugging > in the mouse. > Thanks for the info, I think it was me being stupid, after I changed and rebuilt the kernel I didn't install modules again. I now have both mice working so I guess all I need to do now is unplug the ps2 mouse and all will be well.
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