From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 21:06:09 -0500 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org, linuxppc-user@lists.linuxppc.org, debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: MouseSystems MacoPoint Pro, 3 btn mouse Message-ID: <19990105210609.A4032@drow.res.cmu.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: ; from Konstantinos Margaritis on Wed, Jan 06, 1999 at 03:01:12AM +0200 Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: 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 /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| CMU, CS class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Part-Time Systems Programmer | | dan@debian.org | | drow@cs.cmu.edu | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/ [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. To unsubscribe from linuxppc-dev, send ]] [[ the message 'unsubscribe' to linuxppc-dev-request@lists.linuxppc.org ]]