Just last night I spent 4 hours trying to get my friends usb Microsoft Intelli Mouse Explorer to work in Slackware. Last semester I remember getting it to work in 5 minutes with Slackware 8. Last night ended with us just putting a ps/2 adapter on the mouse. I tried loading the uhci.o and the hid.o also usb-uhci.o mainly because /proc/pci says the motherboard supports that one (uhci). Anyway, it auto loads the usbcore.o and the mouse lights up (it's optical) and hid.o says something about a microsoft explorer mouse detected so I know that linux is recognizing it. The problem is I can't find a device in /dev to work with it. It usually is /dev/input/mice which is major 13 minor 63 I think. But that doesn't work. I also checked /proc/misc for clues, no mention of a USB device or a hint at major number - I checked /proc/devices and usb is major 180 there (don't know what that means) and input is major 13 and misc is major 10. I checked on some sites on-line and it seems to be that one of two devices are working for people /dev/usbmouse major 10 minor (unsure) and /dev/input/mice. I tried everything in /dev/input with "gpm -m".
Another weird deal is that if I let gpm use /dev/mouse with nothing connected to ps/2 and mouse plugged into usb port, the keyboard no longer works. - Have to poweroff at the box. I think maybe the kernel is seriously disturbed. We are using version 2.4.13-ac8. Has anbody else had similar problems or can give suggestions? I am willing to revert back to an older kernel as I know 2.4.5 has no problems. The only problem is I wanted to use ext3. Boyd _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
