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oracleofmist
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 Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 5:21 pm Post subject: setting up a usb mouse on a laptop w/ X11 |
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/etc/X11/xorg.conf:
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Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "PS2Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USBMouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
"Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"[/b]
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "SimpleLayout"
InputDevice "PS2Mouse" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "USBMouse" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
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/etc/conf.d/usb
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X11_USBMICE_HACK=true
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when i setup a secondary mouse aside from the touchpad..the touchpad gets really jittery and jumps a lot as well as the usb mouse not working. any suggestions?
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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Does "cat /dev/input/mice" output anything when moving the mouse?
I'm not sure "X11_USBMICE_HACK=true" is needed, I've always had it commented.
Are you using the synaptics or similar touchpad drivers?
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oracleofmist
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Hopeless wrote: | Does "cat /dev/input/mice" output anything when moving the mouse?
I'm not sure "X11_USBMICE_HACK=true" is needed, I've always had it commented.
Are you using the synaptics or similar touchpad drivers? |
cat /dev/input/mice does not produce any output when i move the mouse.
i do not know how to install the synaptics driver...please link me or explain how to do that.
*edit*
i emerge synaptics..now what?
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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To use the synaptics driver, you need to add 'Load "synaptics"' to the 'Modules' section of xorg.conf, and use 'synaptics' as the driver for your touchpad.
Do you know wether or not your touchpad is actually a synaptic touchpad (most are)?
Could you post the output of "dmesg | grep PS/2", or anything in dmesg which represents either your touchpad or mouse?
Also, could you post the output of "grep -i USB_HID /usr/src/linux/.config"?
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oracleofmist
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 3:49 am Post subject: |
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yes it is actually synaptics touchpad...here is your output
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dmesg | grep PS/2
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1
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grep -i USB_HID /usr/src/linux/.config
CONFIG_USB_HID=y
CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT=y
# CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV is not set
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Sadako
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| Posted: Mon May 30, 2005 10:09 am Post subject: |
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| oracleofmist wrote: | yes it is actually synaptics touchpad...here is your output
| Code: | dmesg | grep PS/2
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse on isa0060/serio1
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Strange. my dmesg | grep PS/2 is;
| Code: | mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad on isa0060/serio1
input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Acrox USB & PS/2 Mouse] on usb-0000:00:07.2-1 |
But if you're sure it's a touchpad, that probably doesn't matter.
Other than that, my CONFIG_USB_HID is configured as a module, but that shouldn't make a difference.
Anyway, my relevant xorg.conf sections to get both the touchpad and the usb mouse to play nice together is;
| Code: | Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse0"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "0"
Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "0"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USBMouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Resolution" "800"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1"
InputDevice "Touchpad" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "USBMouse" "SendCoreEvents"
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Obviously you should modify this to your own needs but hopefully it'll get you started. You also need to add what I mentioned in my last post to get it too work.
Something I forget to mention that you need (oops) is CONFIG_SHMEM=y in your kernel,
| Code: | | grep -i CONFIG_SHMEM /usr/src/linux/.config |
should tell you wether or not you already have it.
As for the usb mouse not working, I'd say you need either the ohci or the uhci driver in order to get it working, whereas most people only include the ehci driver (in english; The ehci driver is used for all usb 2.0 devices, however any usb 1.1 only device, which most usb mice are, need the usb 1.1 driver to work).
Check "grep -i HCI /usr/src/linux/.config", you should have either CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD or CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD support enabled. Which one depends on your hardware, but uhci is your best bet.
Hope all this stuff actually helps.
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Touchpad no synaptics event device found (checked 14 notes)
Touchpad The evdev kernel module seems to be missing
Query no Synaptics: 6003C8
(EE) Touchpad no synaptics touchpad detected and no repeater device
(EE) Touchpad unable to query/initialize Synaptics hardware
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Touchpad"
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when i boot it plainly says that i have a synaptics touchpad device when i watch it probe on boot
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grep - i HCI /usr/src/linux/.config
CONFIG_IEEE1394_OHCI1394=y
CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_OHCI=y
CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=y
# CONFIG_USB_EHCI_SPLIT_ISO is not set
# CONFIG_USB_EHCI_ROOT_HUB_TT is not set
CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=y
CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=y
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2005 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | | Touchpad The evdev kernel module seems to be missing |
Oops. My bad. 
You need the Event Interface enabled (CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y) in your kernel.
Hopefully that'll get the synaptics driver working.
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:27 am Post subject: |
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I got the same problem (synaptics working, but my USB cordless mouse not responding)...
| Code: | | cat /dev/input/mice |
didn't show any response when moving usb mouse...
In fact, I just ended to understand I forgot to enable all UHCI and OHCI stuff in kernel's config... It's now working fine...
Let's continue with ALSA....
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