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On 01/08/2015 04:47 PM, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> I want to get my oldest machine, built 2003, to work : |
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> it wakes up ok, but it doesn't recognise my mouse. |
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> My memory is that there was a change in mice sometimes since 2003 |
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> & that I needed to use one of the earlier kind for this machine ; |
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> unfortunately, I've discarded those mice long ago. |
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> |
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> I've been trying to get it to work with a USB mouse, |
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> making step-by-step changes in a 4-year-old Gentoo installation : |
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> |
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> (1) I enabled USB_HID in the kernel + OHCI + EHCI ; |
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> (2) I remerged xf86-input-mice xorg-server nvidia-drivers ; |
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> (3) /dev/input/mice exists ; |
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> (4) /var/log/syslog reports : |
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> "mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice" ; |
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> (5) /var/log/Xorg.0.log reports : |
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> ... |
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> (II) LoadModule: "mouse" |
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> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so |
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> (II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation" |
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> compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.5.0 |
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> Module class: X.Org XInput Driver |
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> ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 7.0 |
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> ... |
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> (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled |
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> ... |
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> (**) Option "Protocol" "auto" |
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> (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" |
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> (II) Mouse0: Setting mouse protocol to "ExplorerPS/2" |
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> (**) Mouse0: Device: "/dev/input/mice" |
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> (**) Mouse0: Protocol: "auto" |
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> (**) Option "CorePointer" |
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> (**) Mouse0: always reports core events |
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> (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" |
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> (==) Mouse0: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 |
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> (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" |
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> (**) Mouse0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4, 5, 6 and 7 |
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> (**) Mouse0: Buttons: 11 |
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> (**) Mouse0: Sensitivity: 1 |
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> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE) |
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> (**) Mouse0: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1 |
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> (**) Mouse0: (accel) acceleration profile 0 |
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> (II) Mouse0: Setting mouse protocol to "ExplorerPS/2" |
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> (II) Mouse0: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded |
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> ... |
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> |
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> The machine doesn't respond to mouse movements. |
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> |
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> Can anyone suggest what I'm missing ? |
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> Eg do I need to install 'evdev' ? |
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IIUC evdev has been the officially endorsed way for several years and Xorg |
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uses it by default if it's installed. I'd try installing evdev and remove |
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xf86-input-mice and also xf86-input-keyboard if you're using it. |
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