Subject: Re: 2.4 kernel & mice
From: Neil Jolly (njolly@home.com)
Date: Sun Jan 28 2001 - 14:21:42 MST
On January 28, 2001 12:12 pm, Hollis R Blanchard wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Neil Jolly wrote:
> > I think I've narrowed down my 2.4 kernel/Xfree4 problem to incorrect an
> > incorrect usb/adb configuration problem. I'm running a biege G3 with an
> > ATI Rage 128 Nexus (with the original Rage 64 pro still installed, but
> > not being used), and running XFree86-4.0.1, and the new input layer. I
> > rsynced, and compiled the latest 2.4 source from linuxppc.org. The kernel
> > boots and runs allright in runlevel 3, but startx fails with /dev/mouse
> > not being found (used to freeze with old sources). If someone could point
> > me in the right direction for the new input layer configuration (no usb
> > ocard) with the 2.4 kernel I'd appreciate it.
>
> Go to http://penguinppc.org/~benh and install the dev rpm he links to
> there. /dev/mouse and /dev/usbmouse should be symlinks to /dev/input/mice.
> Make sure gpm and X are using the IMPS/2 protocol.
>
> -Hollis
I've actually been using the new inputlayer with the 2.2.18 kernel for a
while now. I double checked though, and both /dev/mouse and /dev/usbmouse are
symlinked to /dev/input/mice. That's why I came to the conclusion that I had
done something incorrectly when I configured my 2.4 kernel.
Neil
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