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Cotton
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 Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:42 pm Post subject: no mouse in console after install |
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Hello,
After my fresh new install of 2004.2, I don't have a mouse cursor in the console as I did booting from the live cd. I used the 2.6.7-r12 kernel, and am also using framebuffer and bootsplash from the HOWTO forum. I did a manual kernel config, and of course included the USB drivers and PS/2 mouse drivers. The mouse is a Logitech MX500.
My board is an MSI 745 Ultra (SiS 745 chipset) with USB 1.1, but I accidently did use the USB 2.0 drivers in the current kernel, and have just recompiled/installed with just regular USB. I'm going to reboot as soon as my emerge gnome finishes. Could this be the problem? FWIW, my Logitech Elite USB keyboard obviously works just fine with the USB 2.0 drivers.
Any other ideas? Will xorg still be able to detect and use the mouse even though it's not working in the console? Thanks,
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adaptr
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| Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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Without gpm you do not have mouse functionality in the console - it's not a kernel function.
| Quote: | | Will xorg still be able to detect and use the mouse even though it's not working in the console? |
Yes, these are completely separate.
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Cotton
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| Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, great, thank you! Is there any startup config I need to do, or is it automatic from portage?
| adaptr wrote: |
Without gpm you do not have mouse functionality in the console - it's not a kernel function.
| Quote: | | Will xorg still be able to detect and use the mouse even though it's not working in the console? |
Yes, these are completely separate. |
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Cotton
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| Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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| bump - anyone? do I need to add this to rc-update or something? |
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codergeek42
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| Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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Then edit your/etc/conf.d/gpm to make sure it uses the proper mouse device, most likely either /dev/psaux, or /dev/input/mice. In order to check which device you should use, go into a terminal, and do or | Code: | | $ cat /dev/input/mice |
and move your mouse around. The proper device will be the one that displays a bunch characters when you do this. (Use Ctrl+D or Ctrl+C to stop it.)Then do: | Code: |
# rc-update add gpm default
#/etc/init.d/gpm start |
That should get you going...
Just be aware that some console apps that can use gpm (like lynx or elinks or others) need to be re-emerge-ed with the "gpm" USE flag set in order to take advantage of gpm's functionality.
Hth!
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Cotton
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| Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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Great, thanks for the little tutorial!!
this is much nicer than the fedora and suse communities from whence I came...
| codergeek42 wrote: | Then edit your/etc/conf.d/gpm to make sure it uses the proper mouse device, most likely either /dev/psaux, or /dev/input/mice. In order to check which device you should use, go into a terminal, and do or | Code: | | $ cat /dev/input/mice |
and move your mouse around. The proper device will be the one that displays a bunch characters when you do this. (Use Ctrl+D or Ctrl+C to stop it.)Then do: | Code: |
# rc-update add gpm default
#/etc/init.d/gpm start |
That should get you going...
Just be aware that some console apps that can use gpm (like lynx or elinks or others) need to be re-emerge-ed with the "gpm" USE flag set in order to take advantage of gpm's functionality.
Hth! |
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codergeek42
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| Cotton wrote: | Great, thanks for the little tutorial!!
this is much nicer than the fedora and suse communities from whence I came...
| codergeek42 wrote: | Then edit your/etc/conf.d/gpm to make sure it uses the proper mouse device, most likely either /dev/psaux, or /dev/input/mice. In order to check which device you should use, go into a terminal, and do or | Code: | | $ cat /dev/input/mice |
and move your mouse around. The proper device will be the one that displays a bunch characters when you do this. (Use Ctrl+D or Ctrl+C to stop it.)Then do: | Code: |
# rc-update add gpm default
#/etc/init.d/gpm start |
That should get you going...
Just be aware that some console apps that can use gpm (like lynx or elinks or others) need to be re-emerge-ed with the "gpm" USE flag set in order to take advantage of gpm's functionality.
Hth! |
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Coolness ^_^.
Glad I could help.
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