From: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org,
linuxppc-user@lists.linuxppc.org,
debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: MouseSystems MacoPoint Pro, 3 btn mouse
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 21:06:09 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19990105210609.A4032@drow.res.cmu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.CVX.3.93.990106024359.12580B-100000@atlas.cc.uoa.gr>; from Konstantinos Margaritis on Wed, Jan 06, 1999 at 03:01:12AM +0200
On Wed, Jan 06, 1999 at 03:01:12AM +0200, Konstantinos Margaritis wrote:
> (I apologize beforehand in case someone gets annoyed with crossposting)
>
> I have just bought this mouse, and while it works ok with the mac, I can't
> get it to work in linux (well, it works, but it doesn't use all 3
> buttons). Yes I know, I should get mousemode and do 'mousemode 15 3' or
> something like that, I did search the faq, but found no mention of this
> particular mouse. Problem is that I use Debian/PPC and the mousemode
> included (in package pmac-utils 1.1.1-1) seems to be old, or at least it
> works only with /dev/adb. As I use 2.1.131, the proper device
> is /dev/adbmouse and mousemode fails with an Input/Output Error.
>
> So, what I really need is either a proper debian package (sorry rpms won't
> do as I use glibc pre2.1), or sources to a working mousemode and if
> possible the word of someone experienced in this sort of thing.
I don't off hand know where to get the latest mousemode, but this might
help: The device is indeed /dev/adb under recent kernels, major number
56, minor 0. And the command would be mousemode 15 4.
Dan
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-01-06 2:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-01-06 1:01 MouseSystems MacoPoint Pro, 3 btn mouse Konstantinos Margaritis
1999-01-06 2:06 ` Daniel Jacobowitz [this message]
1999-01-06 10:41 ` Kelly Campbell
1999-01-06 14:03 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
1999-01-07 17:00 ` Konstantinos Margaritis
1999-01-07 17:37 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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