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USB Mouse in Slackware

I have a mx510 mouse from logitech that I'm trying to get working in xorg. I can get it working as a ps/2 mouse but I cant seem to get it working via USB which is what I'd prefer.

Where in 10.2 can I look to find if the mouse is actually being recognized when plugged into the USB port. I assume it's somewhere in /proc

Thanks in advance!

I use the USB HID module for mine:

Code:

bruce@silas:~$ lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by

snd_pcm_oss            47008  0 

snd_mixer_oss          16960  1 snd_pcm_oss

sk98lin               169248  0 

usbhid                 24580  0 

uhci_hcd               30352  0 

ehci_hcd               30216  0 

i2c_viapro              6736  0 

i2c_core               16976  1 i2c_viapro

snd_via82xx            22688  0 

snd_ac97_codec         81788  1 snd_via82xx

snd_pcm                78984  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec

snd_timer              20356  1 snd_pcm

snd_page_alloc          8456  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm

snd_mpu401_uart         5824  1 snd_via82xx

snd_rawmidi            19168  1 snd_mpu401_uart

snd                    44900  8 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi

soundcore               7008  1 snd

nvidia               4079824  12 

vfat                   10432  2 

ntfs                   99888  1

Here's where you should find it:

Code:

bruce@silas:~$ dmesg | grep mouse

mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice

bruce@silas:~$ dmesg | grep Logitech

input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:10.0-1

input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:10.0-1

What I've done is not plug in the PS/2 cable, but use just
the USB cable which works for kbd and mouse. This is a
Logitech Cordless Desktop LX 500 rig.

I had to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf ....change /dev/mouse for /dev/input/mice and i also enabled a few modules in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules ...look up the usb field of the file although the necessary module might be already enabled in the kernel....