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List:       suse-linux-e
Subject:    Re: [SLE] USB mouse
From:       David Herman <ob1 () yifan ! net>
Date:       2001-09-23 0:14:14
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On Saturday 22 September 2001 09:44 am, Ron White wrote:
> To the group,
>
> For what it's worth.
>
> A while back I tried to get  SuSE 7.2 to recognize a usb mouse which was
> plugged into a usb port.  I got many suggestions from the list, but no
> matter what I tried it just wouldn't work.
>
> I took a little poll on this list and no one was using a usb port. 
> Everyone used a ps/2 port.
>
> I just installed SuSE 7.2 on a machine that has the same kind of mouse, but
> it's plugged into the ps/2 port, and the mouse was recognized and works ok.
> The wheel even works.
>
> The conclusion I've come to is that you can't use a mouse plugged into a
> usb port.
>
> Ron

I have a ps2 mouse (logitech wheel of some sort) and a usb wacom graphire 
tablet (pen & mouse)  running on 7.2. When I installed suse it was a problem 
figuring out how to get my mice recognized during install and then configured 
afterwords but eventually I figured it out (after reinstalling over and over 
again). The scrollwheel still isn't working on the wacom but other than that 
everything works. the bottomline (to me) is that SAX2 SUX

heres a piece of my /etc/X11/XF86config file, maybe this will lead you to a 
solution.

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver  	"mouse"
  Identifier  	"Mouse[1]"
  Option 	"Device"  	"/dev/psaux"
  Option 	"InputFashion"  	"Mouse"
  Option 	"Name"  	"MOUSEMAN WHEEL"
  Option 	"Protocol"  	"imps/2"
  Option 	"Vendor"  	"LOGITECH"
  Option 	"ZAxisMapping"  	"4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver  	"mouse"
  Identifier  	"Mouse[3]"
  Option 	"Device"  	"/dev/input/mice"
  Option 	"InputFashion"  	"Mouse"
  Option 	"Mode"  	"Absolute"
  Option 	"Name"  	"Autodetection"
  Option 	"Protocol"  	"imps/2"
  Option 	"Vendor"  	"Sysp"
  Option 	"ZAxisMapping"  	"4 5"
EndSection



good luck
dave

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