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Here is the sorted list of mouse types from setup.mouse:
Code:
atibm ATI XL busmouse (mouse card)
bare 2 button Microsoft compatible serial mouse
exps2 Intellimouse Explorer PS/2
genitizer Genitizer tablet (relative mode)
imps2 Microsoft PS/2 Intellimouse
inportbm Microsoft busmouse (mouse card)
js Use a joystick as a mouse
logi Some serial Logitech devices
logibm Logitech busmouse (mouse card)
logim Make serial Logitech behave like msc
mman Logitech serial MouseMan and similar devices
ms 3 button Microsoft compatible serial mouse
ms3 Microsoft serial Intellimouse
msc MouseSystems serial (most 3 button serial mice)
ncr A pointing pen (NCR3125) on some laptops
netmouse Genius Netmouse on PS/2 port
pnp Plug and Play (serial mice that do not work with ms)
ps2 PS/2 port mouse (most desktops and laptops)
twid Twiddler keyboard, by HandyKey Corp
usb USB connected mouse
wacom Wacom serial graphics tablet
And here is the same list, from "gpm -t help"
Code:
acecad Acecad tablet absolute mode(Sumagrapics MM-Series mode)
bare Unadorned ms protocol. Needed with some 2-buttons mice.
bm Micro$oft busmice and compatible devices.
brw Fellowes Browser - 4 buttons (and a wheel) (dual protocol?)
cal Calcomp UltraSlate
calr Calcomp UltraSlate - relative mode
etouch EloTouch touch-screens (only button-1 events, by now)
evdev Linux Event Device
exps2 IntelliMouse Explorer (ps2) - 3 buttons, wheel unused
genitizer "Genitizer" tablet, in relative mode.
gunze Gunze touch-screens (only button-1 events, by now)
imps2 Microsoft Intellimouse (ps2)-autodetect 2/3 buttons,wheel unused
js Joystick mouse emulation
logi Used in some Logitech devices (only serial).
logim Turn logitech into Mouse-Systems-Compatible.
mm MM series. Probably an old protocol...
mman The "MouseMan" and similar devices (3/4 bytes per packet).
ms The original ms protocol, with a middle-button extension.
ms+ Like 'ms', but allows dragging with the middle button.
ms+lr 'ms+', but you can reset m by pressing lr (see man page).
ms3 Microsoft Intellimouse (serial) - 3 buttons, wheel unused
msc Mouse-Systems-Compatible (5bytes). Most 3-button mice.
mtouch MicroTouch touch-screens (only button-1 events, by now)
ncr Ncr3125pen, found on some laptops
netmouse Genius NetMouse (ps2) - 2 buttons and 2 buttons 'up'/'down'.
pnp Plug and pray. New mice may not run with '-t ms'.
ps2 Busmice of the ps/2 series. Most busmice, actually.
summa Summagraphics or Genius tablet absolute mode(MM-Series)
sun 'msc' protocol, but only 3 bytes per packet.
syn The "Synaptics" serial TouchPad.
synps2 The "Synaptics" PS/2 TouchPad
twid Twidddler keyboard
vsxxxaa The DEC VSXXX-AA/GA serial mouse on DEC workstations.
wacom Wacom Protocol IV Tablets: Pen+Mouse, relative+absolute mode
wp Genius WizardPad tablet
In the former are missing the post-2008 devices.
On the other hand, some devices listed in setup.mouse are not (maybe, no more) available through gpm.
Honestly, I have no idea which of these devices can be managed by udev beyond those connected through USB.
Also, auto-detection scanning /proc/bus/usb/devices doesn't work anymore as USBFS is gone from recent kernels.
Last edited by Didier Spaier; 04-08-2016 at 03:38 AM.
Rebuild video device driver xf86-video-intel with glamor egl acceleration for extended compatibility where uxa and sna acceleration methods might be problematic.
As far as I know the source is actually removed in the newer kernels and no longer needed. It might be worth looking at this topic where I had a similar problem that normally needed ifenslave. See: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ow-4175562859/
While I am thinking of it, it might be proactive to have the Intel Gallium drivers i915 and ilo enabled in Mesa. This would avoid issues of having to rebuild Mesa for Intel gallium support to use additional packages like Wine with Nine support.
If I've read it right the gallium drivers do require some additional configuration in xorg.conf to use as the drivers will default to the standard Tungsten drivers.
Rebuild video device driver xf86-video-intel with glamor egl acceleration for extended compatibility where uxa and sna acceleration methods might be problematic.
Don't think that will happen... glamor was removed from the intel driver years ago. Here is the commit. The current intel driver does not have the --enable-glamor option anymore.
P.S. Not sure if a simple revert of the commit would allow the driver to include glamor... Maybe some1 can test that.
Last edited by DarkVision; 04-08-2016 at 02:07 PM.
Reason: Added P.S.
As far as I know the source is actually removed in the newer kernels and no longer needed. It might be worth looking at this topic where I had a similar problem that normally needed ifenslave. See: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ow-4175562859/
Good to know! I needed it on a Slack 14.1 box, so thought I'd request it for -current, but seems it's not needed with later kernels.
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