On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 07:18:59PM -0800, Colin Meyer wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 08:10:48PM -0800, Tim Maher wrote:
> > Fellow teachers,
> >
> > Also, I wonder if anybody can say whether this device, which connects
> > to the USB port and is reputed not to need special drivers for Windoze
> > or MacOS, actually works on Linux.
>
> Something to consider is whether or not your USB port hardware itself is
> supported under Linux. I have no trouble using USB peripherals with my
> main desktop box, but I can't get Linux (SuSE 7.3) to recognize the USB
> on my laptop. Well, the kernel module loads, and the /proc/bus/usb
> pseudo file system mounts, but the same devices that work flawlessly on
> my desktop just don't work at all on the laptop.
>
> -Colin.
I can plug in my LexarMedia CompactFlash USB card-reader, and make file systems
on my memory cards, so I guess it's working okay! 8-}
My new concern is that if I do get the USB cordless mouse working,
I would still like to use the on-keyboard "pointy-stick" mouse as well,
when I happen to be near my keyboard. That sounds kinda impossible, given
that I'd have to set XF86Config to recognize one mouse (emulating PS2) or the
other (USB), but not both simultaneously 8-(
My teaching style is to show a few slides, and then type a bunch of
examples in an Xterm, so ideally I'd like to be able to quickly switch
from one mouse type to the other; but that might not be possible, perhaps.
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