Gentoo Archives: gentoo-sparc

From: James Holden <gentoo@×××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-sparc@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-sparc] Sun mouse + X.org not working
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:29:03
Message-Id: 1095791318.10042.42.camel@thinkpad.2dcube.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-sparc] Sun mouse + X.org not working by "David F. Newman"
1 On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 19:20, David F. Newman wrote:
2 > On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 14:10, James Holden wrote:
3 > > Hi all,
4 > >
5 > > This is a dumb question, be warned.
6 > >
7 > > I've just upgraded my U5 to X.org 6.8.0, and my mouse isn't working.
8 > > It's an ordinary Sun mouse connected to a Type 5c keyboard.
9 > >
10 > > The X server loads, but the pointer jumps all over the place when I move
11 > > the mouse.
12 > >
13 > > I've fiddled with the protocol setting in the X.org config file, but no
14 > > luck. It worked fine with XFree.
15 >
16 > This works for me.
17 >
18 > Section "InputDevice"
19 > Identifier "Mouse0"
20 > Driver "mouse"
21 > Option "Protocol" "Busmouse"
22 > Option "Device" "/dev/misc/sunmouse"
23 > EndSection
24 >
25 > And just in case you ask about the keyboard next I use this
26 >
27 > Section "InputDevice"
28 > Identifier "Keyboard0"
29 > Driver "Keyboard"
30 > Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
31 > Option "XkbRules" "sun"
32 > Option "XkbModel" "type5"
33 > Option "XkbLayout" "us"
34 > EndSection
35
36 Super, thanks, it works. I rather thought I'd tried that. My testing
37 methods were a bit unstructured though, so I probably missed it.
38
39 Thanks,
40
41 James
42
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