20091209233643_MST: stosss <stosss at gmail.com> wrote:
>Solved see below
>
>On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 1:19 AM, stosss <stosss at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> stosss wrote:
>>>>> stosss wrote:
>>>>>> Starting with a base LFS 6.5 system, I have compiled and installed GPM
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have an IntelliMouse Optical USB and PS2 Compatible mouse
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>>>>>> MDEVICE="/dev/input/mice" # I also tried /dev/mouse
>>>>>> PROTOCOL="msc" # I also tried ms+
>>>>>> GPMOPTS="" # I am assuming something has to go in here but I don't know
>>>>>> what.
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>>>>>> My current system is just LFS 6.5 with GPM and nothing more.
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>>>> checked and /dev/mouse is a link to /dev/input/mice. my mouse is a
>>>> usb. The book said that usb mice should be /dev/input/mice. I have
>>>> tried both MDEVICE="/dev/mouse" and MDEVICE="/dev/input/mice". I have
>>>> tried PROTOCOL="msc" PROTOCOL="ms+" PROTOCOL="imps2" this one should
>>>> be for a PS2 mouse but I have the mouse plugged into a usb port. Yes
>>>> gpm is running. It is the last entry on the screen before the login
>>>> prompt and when I ps-e I see it in the list.
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>I had not apparently tried imps2 with /dev/input/mice it seems to make
>a difference if it is done with /dev/mouse which I had also tried. i
>don't understand that either because /dev/mouse is a link to
>/dev/input/mice.
>
>Does anyone know why a ps2 (imps2) mouse setting works with a usb mouse?
>
Just to double-check: is the mouse definitely connected to a usb port
on the pc, or does it go via a usb-to-ps2 adapter, into a ps2 port on
the pc?
I've got what sounds like exactly the same mouse here, on the system
used to build lfs-6.5 plus gpm (& wget, links, and lynx) (per LFS-6.5
section '9.3. Rebooting the System'): the mouse has that same
"IntelliMouse(R) Optical USB and PS/2 Compatible" printed on its
underside; although, of course, it could be pertinently different
hardware 'under the bonnet' to what you've got, given how things can
differ across countries or even across versions within a country.
The mouse here has a USB connector at the end of its cable, and that
connector plugs into the usb port of a little usb-to-ps2 connector,
which in turn has its (i.e. the adatper's) ps2 port connecting into a
ps2 port on the back of the pc.
Worked first-time here with config file:
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MDEVICE="/dev/mouse"
PROTOCOL="imps2"
GPMOPTS=""
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And /dev/mouse is a symlink to /dev/input/mice ; and the latter looks
ok re perms, ownerships, nodes, &c.
Just thought it worth a double-check on that connector.
akhiezer
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