On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 02:11:43AM +0800, James Bromberger wrote: > On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 07:00:52PM +0100, Charl P. Botha wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 01:52:35AM +0800, James Bromberger wrote: > > Read some more. :) /dev/input/mouse? and /dev/input/mice are PS/2 > > "compatible" interfaces. > > Please see /usr/src/linux/Documentation/usb/input.txt for details: you > > basically use /dev/input/mouse0 and protocol "ImPS/2" as well as the > > ZAxisMapping line to enable your scrolley thingy. > > For sale: one old serial mouse. > > Yippee. Thanks Charl; it's working like a charm: buttons on the > side & wheel even bring up Settings and User Menu in Enlightenment! > > So if </dev/input/mouse?> is the compatible device, where is the real device? > Is it </dev/mouse/mouse?> ? Is that speaking the 'usb' protocol as mentioned > in the /usr/share/doc/xserver-xfree86/README.mouse.gz documentation?
I'm glad it works. AFAICR, linux doesn't yet have a native usb mouse device abstraction, unless you count the generic usb input API. According to the mouse docs in XFree86 as well, the usb protocol support hasn't been tested/is unknown under linux. You're not losing anything by making use of the /dev/input/mouse? devices however. Enjoy the higher sampling rate of your usb mouse! -- charl p. botha | computer graphics and cad/cam http://cpbotha.net/ | http://www.cg.its.tudelft.nl/
