Re: logitech mouseMan wheel doesn't work with 2.6.5

Erik Steffl
2004-04-29T06:34:51Z

Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 April 2004 01:47 pm, Erik Steffl wrote:
>>Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>>
>>>What protocol are you using in XFree?
>>
>> that's irrelevant, I got the results above without X running (by
>
> No, it is not. Please change protocol in XF86Config to ExplorerPS/2.
...
> Kernel only provides emulation of 3 protocols via /dev/psaux: bare PS/2,
> IntelliMouse PS/2 and Explorer PS/2. Since your program does not issue
> Intellimouse or Explorer protocol initialization sequences it gets just
> bare PS/2 protocol data - 2 axis, 3 buttons. Extra buttons are mapped onto
> first 3. For exact mapping consult drivers/input/mousedev.c

thanks, that makes sense, I tried ExplorerPS/2, it works better, the
wheel works but side button is still same as button 2.

would it be different if I used /dev/input/mouse0? or
/dev/input/mice? kernel Documentation/input/input.txt seems to be
fairly old (mentions 2.5/2.6 in future tense) and it says to use
"ExplorerPS/2 if you want to use extra (up to 5) buttons" when
discussing what /dev/input/mouse0 provides. Does that mean that there's
no way to use extra side button (which is the sixth button)?

erik