On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Ben Reser wrote:
> mouseconfig isn't making any configuration changes
> (/etc/sysconfig/mouse, /dev/mouse symbolic link, XF86Config etc) when
> you choose that your mouse is USB. Setting it to any of the others
> makes the appropriate changes. Just don't do it without saving your
> config files if you're using USB for a mouse.
>
I just tried it and it seemed to do the right thing, other than not
offering the mouse button emulation, which never got rolled
into the user space tools.
[root@imac root]# ls -l /etc/sysconfig/mouse
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 90 Aug 15 07:16
/etc/sysconfig/mouse*
[root@imac root]# cat /etc/sysc
sysconfig sysctl.conf
[root@imac root]# cat /etc/sysconfig/mouse
MOUSETYPE=ps/2
XMOUSETYPE=PS/2
FULLNAME="USB|1 button"
XEMU3=yes
WHEEL=no
device=usbmouse
[root@imac root]# ls -l /dev/mouse
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Aug 15 07:16 /dev/mouse ->
usbmouse
[root@imac root]# ls -l /dev/usbmouse
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Aug 15 07:16 /dev/usbmouse ->
/dev/input/mice
Retried as wheel:
[root@imac root]# ls -l /etc/sysconfig/mouse
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 89 Aug 15 07:18
/etc/sysconfig/mouse*
[root@imac root]# cat /etc/sysconfig/mouse
MOUSETYPE=ps/2
XMOUSETYPE=IMPS/2
FULLNAME="USB|Wheel"
XEMU3=no
WHEEL=yes
device=usbmouse
[root@imac root]# ls -l /dev/mouse
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Aug 15 07:18 /dev/mouse ->
usbmouse
[root@imac root]# ls -l /dev/usbmouse
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Aug 15 07:18 /dev/usbmouse ->
/dev/input/mice
Stew Benedict
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