On 8/28/19 3:39 PM, Pierre Labastie via blfs-dev wrote:
On 27/08/2019 21:14, Douglas R. Reno via blfs-dev wrote:
Hi folks,
I was looking at the GPM page earlier and noticed that we need the /dev/psaux
interface, which wasn't built into my kernel last time since I was starting on
a fresh 1TB HDD and didn't have my old kernel configuration sitting around at
the time. It seems that the /dev/psaux option has been marked as "LEGACY", and
we'll need to modify our kernel configuration on the GPM page to do this:
<*> Mouse interface
[*] Provide legacy
/dev/psaux device
(1024) Horizontal screen
resolution
(768) Vertical screen
resolution
When you enable the Mouse Interface, it provides options for "Provide legacy
/dev/psaux" interface. Should we set these in the kernel configuration in the
GPM page? (BTW, it's stayed under Device Drivers -> Input Device Support).
I use /dev/input/mice with gpm, and it works well.
I do that also. What we say is:
"For example, /dev/ttyS0 for a serial mouse (on Windows this is COM1),
/dev/input/mice is often used for USB mice and /dev/psaux for PS2 mice."
I think that is still true although serial and ps2 mice are now quite
rare. I do not think we need to mention psaux in the kernel configuration.
-- Bruce
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