mouse not found. [solved]

[dkmweeks]

Hello.

This is my first time trying Gentoo in an X environment. I emerged x11 and kde, but can't run Xorg -configure. It fails saying it can't find a mouse.

So this is basically a mouse question. I need to configure a mouse.

How do I do that?

David Weeks,
Tampa, Florida, USA.

[Sadako]

You need mouse support in your kernel. What kind of mouse are you using? What does dmesg say after connectng the mouse?
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[dkmweeks]

Hi.

dmesg:


mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
...
input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1

I just emerged imwheel, which for some reason didn't get included in the x11 stuff.

I do not have a /dev/mouse, but I do have various /dev/input/* devices.

What sort of mouse support do I need?


David Weeks,
Tampa, Florida, USA.

[Sadako]

Imwheel probably isn't needed unless you have a mouse with more than two buttons and a scroll wheel. I suppose it couldn't hurt to have it though.

What you need to do is find out which of the /dev/input/* devices correspond to your mouse, do this with the cat command, i.e. "cat /dev/input/mice", or whatever. If you see some random characters appear on the terminal as you move your mouse, that's your mouse device. Press CTRL + C to return to quit cat.

I don't know if you'll be able to use Xorg -configure, it should have found your mouse by itself. Try it again, and if it fails try either xorgcfg or xorgconfig, whichever you find easier.
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[dkmweeks]

Hey.

Thanks for the cat tip. Looks like both /dev/input/mice and /dev/input/mouse0 work.

Xorg -configure still wants to see /dev/mouse. I symlinked it to /dev/inpute/mice but that didn't work. Symlinking to /dev/input/mouse0 did.

Don't ask me why?

This takes me through the changes between RH stuff and Gentoo, regarding the mouse device. Now to hack driver support for the i845G video...


David Weeks,
Tampa, Florida, USA.