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compiling mousedev as module

Hi,

I tried to using Genius MousePen 8x6 with wizardpen driver in Slackware64 13.1. The driver works but the cursor always refers to top-left corner on the screen. After googling, some people suggested that I don't use /dev/input/mice because all of pointers (mouse, tablet, etc) will be mapped to it. Based on those suggestions, I tried to recompiled kernel (2.6.34.1) after changing CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE from 'y' to 'm' manually because I could not change it using "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig". I need mousedev as module so that I can unload it when I use the tablet. However, when I compiled the kernel using "make bzImage", CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE is always changed automatically to 'y' again.

How to change CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE to 'm' permanently?
Thank you in advanced.

Regards,
Henry.

have you tried rmmod psmouse and modprobe tablet
that said this is why it is mapped to input device mice.
you have to uncheck input

Quote:

#
# Userland interfaces <<<<<<<<<<---------- user creates devices
#
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y

This will allow you to set this

Quote:

# Input Device Drivers <<<<<<,,------ note drivers
#
CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD=y
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ADP5588=m
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_ATKBD=y
CONFIG_QT2160=m
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_LKKBD is not set
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_GPIO=m
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_MATRIX=m
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_LM8323=m
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_MAX7359=m
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_NEWTON is not set
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_OPENCORES=m
CONFIG_KEYBOARD_STOWAWAY=m
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_SUNKBD is not set
# CONFIG_KEYBOARD_XTKBD is not set
CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=m

the configuration program will not let you do it any other way.
the default way the kernel make the device input and loads the module.