Subject: Re: XFree86 v3.3.6, G4 agp, and mouseconfig issues w/ a logitech optical wheel mouse
From: Karl Safranek (karls142@home.com)
Date: Mon Sep 18 2000 - 16:39:22 MDT
I'm running a G4 AGP with a Logitech Optical 'Wheel' mouse, so I may be able
to help you.
My kernel is 2.2.17pre20-ben1 with XFree86 4.0.16.
To get your mouse working you need to follow the directions below, which I
copied from Ben Herrenschmidt's site(also listed below)
http://ppclinux.apple.com/~benh/
su -
cd /dev
rm usbmouse
rm mouse
mkdir input
mknod input/mice c 13 63
ln -s input/mice mouse
ln -s input/mice usbmouse
Once you do this, your mouse will be a beautiful three button mouse, but the
scroll wheel will not work(there's no support for it yet). There are some
apps on the x86 side that give you this functionality, but I'm unaware of
any on the PPC side.
To upgrade XFree86, you may find this article usefull:
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/faq_solutions.shtml
Scroll down to the instructions on how to install on new iMac DV, follow the
links and download the XFree RPMs from the Howarth directory, then in
runlevel 3 remove the old RPMs as per instructions. The command to remove
the old XFree86 RPM's didn't work for me, so I had to remove them one by
one. After you remove the old ones, install the ones you downloaded from
Jack Howarths directory. Download the XFree86 config file as well, it works
unmodified on my G4 and with the Logitech mouse.
Do not download or use the xkb.tgz file.
If there are specific things that you don't understand post again, or email
me if you wish.
karl
> From: melissa <mmcsween@mac.com>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 15:23:42 -0600
> To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
> Subject: XFree86 v3.3.6, G4 agp, and mouseconfig issues w/ a logitech optical
> wheel mouse
>
> Hi
>
> This is my first time using a Linux/unix system as a general end user. I
> installed YDL CS 1.2 on my G4agp. I watched the list for a month, and other
> sources before I was able to figure out how to dual boot correctly. I am
> currently using kernel: 2.2.17pre20-ben3
>
> So my next hurdle is the mouseconfig.
>
> Error:
> fata server error: cannot open mouse (no such device).......X connection to
> :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown)
> Also when I shut down I get a failed error message for shutting down console
> mouse services
>
> Ok, in my readings it seems that the solution is to update to Xfree86 v4.0
> or 4.01, then manually create a file and also check the /etc/X11/XF86Config
> to be sure it uses the right protocol. I read all of the associated links
> to ben's site and do not understand a lot of it so....Another site seems to
> suggest, just update the kernel (as I have) and then update the input
> drivers device packages.
>
> Concerns:
> For the v4.0 there is a list of supported or not supported HW, but in
> glancing at it, I really do not know enough to say whether my stuff is
> supported or not. I guess I do not know what I am looking for there.
> Secondly, do I really have to upgrade the whole thing? I actually have to
> remove (somehow) the previously installed version then install (somehow) the
> v4.0. And third, I do not have PPP setup, nor do I know how yet.
>
> Questions:
> 1. Do I need to remove 3.3.6 and install to 4.0? If so, how do I remove
> v3.3.6? Or do I just need to update the dev packages since I have the
> updated kernel?
>
> 2. Is there a way to manually update without PPP? If so, can a newbie
> accomplish this?
>
> Any help would be appreciated and thanks for your patience :P
>
> Thanks
> Melissa
>
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