[lug] USB Mouse w/Debian

[The Matt]

On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 15:18, Gary Hodges wrote:
> 
> I've tried a bunch of different things in the XF86Config-4 file, 
> including cut and pastes from the Debian site.   Here is my last attempt:
> 
>     Identifier  "USB Mice"
>     Driver "mouse"
> #    Option "CorePointer"
>     Option "Protocol" "imps/2"
>     Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> #    Option "Device" "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> #    Option "Buttons" "5"

Yeah, that looks OK for a scroll mouse (need ZAxisMapping for the
wheel).

> At this point I'm guessing it must not be related to the XF86Config 
> file.  Maybe a missing kernel module?
> 
> pisces:/home/hodges# lsmod
> Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
> pcmcia_core            41408   0
> es1371                 27840   0
> gameport                1308   0  [es1371]
> ac97_codec              9568   0  [es1371]
> soundcore               3236   4  [es1371]
> sg                     24452   0  (unused)
> ide-scsi                7488   0
> agpgart                29824   0
> usbmouse                1760   0  (unused)
> 3c59x                  24648   1
> nfsd                   42848   0  (unused)
> keybdev                 1664   0  (unused)
> usbkbd                  2848   0  (unused)
> input                   3072   0  [usbmouse keybdev usbkbd]
> usb-uhci               20708   0  (unused)
> usbcore                48032   0  [usbmouse usbkbd usb-uhci]

The only one I can think of that isn't here is mousedev, but I thought a
modprobe would grab that.  You could try a modprobe mousedev and see if
it helps.

Matt
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