On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 8:06 AM, akhiezer <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > . > . >>>>>>> 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. > . > . >>>>>>> My current system is just LFS 6.5 with GPM and nothing more. > . > . >>>>> 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. > . > . >>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: > ---- > MDEVICE="/dev/mouse" > PROTOCOL="imps2" > GPMOPTS="" > ----
mine would not work when I had the above config but it works with the one below even though they both mean the same thing. ---- MDEVICE="/dev/input/mice" PROTOCOL="imps2" GPMOPTS="" ---- > 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. I am using the mouse (apparently the same one you have) without the usb/ps2 adaptor. The usb plug is in a usb port. I guess it works with the imps2 protocol because it is a ps2 compatible mouse. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
