From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <39135108.89AF7D74@mac.com> Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 18:54:07 -0400 From: Andy Reply-To: lordpixel@mac.com MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Florent , linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: Re : 5 button mouse and XFree86 vers 4 References: <20000504224403.5E5A528E66@postfix1.free.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Florent wrote: > > ---------- > >Andrew Thompson wrote: > > > What I'm trying to do now is get all 5 buttons working on my > > Kensington Mouseworks USB mouse. > > 3 buttons and 2 for the wheel ? Nope 4 real buttons, and the wheel itself is a clickable button too... > > I tried adding this lines to my XF86Config > > Option "Buttons" "5" > > > > But no dice. Has anytone had any luck with > 3 buttons so far? > > Yes, I am using a Logitech USB wheel mouse and it works great with a few > softwares (especially gtk-based ones) > > > Can someone enlighten me as to the story with USB mice on linux ppc? Are we > > somehow shimying them so they appear as PS/2 or ADB? > > Why isn't USB support on in the above RPMs? If I get the source RPM and > > build it myself can I turn in on maybe? > > Since kernel 2.2.10 (if i remember), the USB mouse driver tries to emulate > an IMPS/2 mouse (PS/2 Microsoft intellimouse), that is, 3 buttons and a > wheel. So there is no need for softwares to support anything else than > IMPS/2 to make use of your USB mouse. Sigh. I was afraid of that. Yet the XFree86 version 4 specifically mentions direct support for USB and for choosing "USB" as your protocol... yet when I try this in the version I got from the RPM this protocol is unknown. Unfortunately since I have > 3 real buttons it looks like I do need more than generic IMPS/2 support. Maybe I'll tru building XFree86 from source and see what happens... AndyT ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/