On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 02:42:14PM +0100, Seanie wrote:
> Matthew Sackman wrote:
> > I thought that those mice were usb. The use of /dev/input/mice would
> > seem to confirm that. Therefore do you have the usb hid driver compiled
> > into the kernel?
> >
> > I'm not sure whether you can do it with a 2.2 kernel: I have a usb mouse
> > here and it works fine with 2.4.x kernels but I've never tried it with a
> > 2.2 kernel.
> >
> > Matthew
> >
> > On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 01:14:56AM +0100, Guangyue Liu wrote:
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > Well maybe i am messing about too much, maybe i am just looking for an excuse
> > > for not doing any revision. But... i just couldn't configure the mouse on my
> > > PPC 7200/90. Its running Debian 2.2r3. X wouldn't start and gives an error
> > > "Cannot open mouse".
> > >
> > > Its a standard one button apple mouse (them ones that connects to the keyboard)
> > > so i used "/dev/adb" and "BusMouse" in XF86Config. X starts fine but i can't
> > > move the mouse.
> > >
> > > I have done a bit of research on the Web -- people are so positve that
> > > "/dev/input/mice" and "IMPS/2" will definitedly work. But it doesn't on mine.
> > >
> > > I tried to put gpm on, but same thing happens.
> > >
> > > So if anyone has any comments, it will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Nope, the 7200/90 will use ADB (Apple Desktop Bus) and you get the support for
> it from:
>
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.16/drivers/char/adbmouse.c
> (or linux -2.4.XX if you don't happen to be using 2.4.16 :-)
>
> I recommend reading the kernel source docs, and the comments in the .c file for
> inspiration.
>
> PS: What's with the top-quoting, Matthew?
Sorry, a habit from work...
Matthew
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