Setting up a USB mouse.

adds2one · 08-27-2005, 07:31 PM

Hi,

I have just installed Slackware 10.1 and have KDE up and running with my laptop's built in touchpad but I want to get my USB mouse working too.

I know that I need to add my second mouse in xorg.conf with something like:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "name"
Driver "inputdriver"
[options]
....
End Selection

But I have no idea what to put here to get my mouse working. I have a Logitech Trackball that has two button and a scroll wheel and the scroll wheel also works as a button.

Any help would be much appreciated.

otoomet · 08-27-2005, 08:32 PM

Hi,

here is just a sample from my XF86Config:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/psaux"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"SendCoreEvents"	"true"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping"		"4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver  	"synaptics"
  Identifier  	"Synaptics"
  Option 	"Device"  	"/dev/psaux"
  Option	"Protocol"	"auto-dev"
  Option	"LeftEdge"      "1900"
  Option	"RightEdge"     "5200"
  Option	"TopEdge"       "1900"
  Option	"BottomEdge"    "4000"
  Option	"FingerLow"	"25"
  Option	"FingerHigh"	"30"
  Option	"MaxTapTime"	"180"
  Option	"MaxTapMove"	"220"
  Option	"VertScrollDelta" "100"
  Option	"MinSpeed"	"0.02"
  Option	"MaxSpeed"	"0.18"
  Option	"AccelFactor" "0.0010"
  Option	"SHMConfig"	"on"
#  Option	"Repeater"	"/dev/ps2mouse"
EndSection

I don't know what is the difference between the two mouses. USB mouses work perfectly, my laptop (ASUS 2400) does not have a com port.

Perhaps it helps

Ott

hariprasath_v · 08-27-2005, 11:28 PM

maybe u r kernel doesnot have a usb module compiled in that case u can compile kernel modules by this method

become root

#cd /usr/src/linux
(if this dir doesnot exist then goto /usr/src/ and find out ur kernel dir and create a symbolic link "ln -s /usr/src/<kernel no> /usr/src/linux "
#make menuconfig
(if this doesnot work because u might not have ncurses-dev package install it )
goto device drivers and select usb support
once u have finished save the configuration
then in the shell
#make modules
#make modules_install
then have fun
u can try to find out ur usb modules
bye
lsmod
and the
modprobe <modulename for usb>
if the module doesnot get loaded on the boot