Possible locations for USB mouse

ryouga · n00b Joined: 07 Jun 2003 Posts: 4

Hi.

I'm installing Gentoo for the first time and having some problems running startx - specifically providing the right mouse location.

I'm using a USB Intellimouse Explorer that seems to be detected fine (according to kernel logs), but I can't find where it is stored in /dev. ...There are no /input /*mouse* or /*usb* folders for it to be stored, so I cannot modify xf86config correctly.

All USB HID support is included in the Kernel (and my USB keyboard works fine), but startx spits out an error that it cannot find the mouse in the default location /dev/mouse - and probably for good reason... because that location doesn't exist.

After scouring posts, I can't seem to find anyone with the same problem - only some issues with getting USB to work at all. I'm sure my problem is only a matter of finding where the mouse is in /dev, but I don't know where else to look.

Any advice/help would be appreciated!

-David Hembree
david at resnet.gatech.edu

some possibly relevant specs:

USB Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer
motherboard: ABIT AT7 (all USB in the back)
OHCI enabled
UHCI enabled (I've tried both versions of this, with no affect)
USB - full HID support, HID input layer support
USB - /dev/hiddev raw HID device support (have tried this on and off with no affect)
input core mouse/keyboard support is enabled as well

gearheadsmp · Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2003 10:40 pm Post subject: mine is

My USB mouse shows up as /dev/usbmouse. It too doesn't show up in either /dev/usb/ or /dev/usb/hid.
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cyrillic · Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2003 10:49 pm Post subject:

I use "/dev/input/mice"
You can use multiple USB mice at the same time like this.

Also make sure you have input core support compiled in.

ryouga · n00b Joined: 07 Jun 2003 Posts: 4

Right, it should be in one of those places - but I have no /dev/usbmouse or /dev/input .... or /dev/usb, /dev/BLAHusbBLAH, /dev/BLAHmouseBLAH, etc...

perplexing.

-David

tphamm · Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2003 11:00 pm Post subject:

My USB mouse (Logitech optical wheelmouse) uses /dev/input/mice in X11. Here are my particulars, maybe they will work for you too.

My entry in /etc/X11/XF86Config:

ryouga · n00b Joined: 07 Jun 2003 Posts: 4

Thanks for the suggestions - but still I have no /dev/input folder; I could only think I had a borked Kernel, but all USB, HID, input and filesystem support seems to be compiled statically as in install notes.

Perhaps USB HID devices can be stored at another location?

incubator · Guru Joined: 05 Jun 2003 Posts: 584 Location: Belgium

hmm, i have amicrosoft Intellimouse optical usb and is detected perfectly in /dev/input/mice :-)

but´s thats what I read from booting with the cd though, so I hope the X-server get´s it allright

t1deman · n00b Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 65 Location: california

does the mouse light up? do you see it detected on boot?
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