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From: Harm Geerts <harmgeerts@××××.nl>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: no usb mouse in xorg 7.1
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2006 16:43:38
Message-Id: 200610081838.04059.harmgeerts@home.nl
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: no usb mouse in xorg 7.1 by Andrew Frink
1 On Sunday 08 October 2006 17:10, Andrew Frink wrote:
2 > Harm Geerts wrote:
3 > > On Sunday 08 October 2006 13:20, Peter Gille wrote:
4 > >> Hello all,
5 > >>
6 > >> I have installed beryl and Xorg 7.1 as described in this guide:
7 > >> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_nVidia_GL_Desktop_Effects
8 > >> It is working great, except for the fact that my USB mouse, a Logitech
9 > >> MX-518, is no longer working. It works in console-mode using gpm so I
10 > >> assume there must be something wrong in either my xorg.conf or in the
11 > >> evdev driver.
12 > >> Attached are my xorg.conf and my Xorg.0.log.
13 > >> /dev/input/logitech is a device-node created by my custom udev-rules.
14 > >> If anyone have any suggestions for solving this problem they would be
15 > >> greatly appreciated.
16 > >
17 > > evdev driver has changed a bit and is now configured a different way.
18 > > It's no longer possible to use evdev with special nodes (like yours)
19 > > You have to use the original device (event*) or use the name.
20 > >
21 > > $ cat /proc/bus/input/devices
22 > > I: Bus=0003 Vendor=1532 Product=0002 Version=0100
23 > > N: Name="Razer Razer Diamondback Optical Mouse"
24 > > P: Phys=usb-0000:00:02.0-1/input0
25 > > S: Sysfs=/class/input/input0
26 > > H: Handlers=mouse0 event0
27 > > B: EV=7
28 > > B: KEY=7f0000 0 0 0 0
29 > > B: REL=103
30 > >
31 > > According to the output I can use the event0 device to configure my mouse
32 > > or I can use the name. You can configure evdev with the name like this.
33 > >
34 > > Section "InputDevice"
35 > > Identifier "Razer Diamondback"
36 > > Driver "evdev"
37 > > Option "Name" "Razer Razer Diamondback Optical Mouse"
38 > > EndSection
39 >
40 > Will evdev handle unicode charecters? i have a mouse that has the
41 > copyright symbol in it's name.
42
43 No idea about that, just have to try, but you can always fall back to the
44 event* device node.
45
46 Most important things are:
47 * don't use a custom udev node
48 * use either "Name" or "Device", not both
49 * if you use name, copy the name exactly as shown in /proc
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[gentoo-user] Re: no usb mouse in xorg 7.1 Harm Geerts <harmgeerts@××××.nl>