On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 10:57 AM, akhiezer <lf...@cruziero.com> wrote: > 20091210083518_-0500: stosss <stosss at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 8:06 AM, akhiezer <lf...@cruziero.com> wrote: >> > >> > 20091209233643_MST: stosss <stosss at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>Solved see below >> >> >> >>On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 1:19 AM, stosss <stosss at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> stosss wrote: >> >>>>>> stosss wrote: >> >>>>>>> Starting with a base LFS 6.5 system, I have compiled and installed >> >>>>>>> GPM >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> I have an IntelliMouse Optical USB and PS2 Compatible mouse >> > . >> > . >> >>>>>>> MDEVICE="/dev/input/mice" # I also tried /dev/mouse >> >>>>>>> PROTOCOL="msc" # I also tried ms+ >> >>>>>>> GPMOPTS="" # I am assuming something has to go in here but I don't >> >>>>>>> know what. >> > . >> > . >> >>>>>>> My current system is just LFS 6.5 with GPM and nothing more. >> > . >> > . >> >>>>> checked and /dev/mouse is a link to /dev/input/mice. my mouse is a >> >>>>> usb. The book said that usb mice should be /dev/input/mice. I have >> >>>>> tried both MDEVICE="/dev/mouse" and MDEVICE="/dev/input/mice". I have >> >>>>> tried PROTOCOL="msc" PROTOCOL="ms+" PROTOCOL="imps2" this one should >> >>>>> be for a PS2 mouse but I have the mouse plugged into a usb port. Yes >> >>>>> gpm is running. It is the last entry on the screen before the login >> >>>>> prompt and when I ps-e I see it in the list. >> > . >> > . >> >>I had not apparently tried imps2 with /dev/input/mice it seems to make >> >>a difference if it is done with /dev/mouse which I had also tried. i >> >>don't understand that either because /dev/mouse is a link to >> >>/dev/input/mice. >> >> >> >>Does anyone know why a ps2 (imps2) mouse setting works with a usb mouse? >> >> >> > >> > >> > Just to double-check: is the mouse definitely connected to a usb port >> > on the pc, or does it go via a usb-to-ps2 adapter, into a ps2 port on >> > the pc? >> > >> > I've got what sounds like exactly the same mouse here, on the system >> > used to build lfs-6.5 plus gpm (& wget, links, and lynx) (per LFS-6.5 >> > section '9.3. Rebooting the System'): the mouse has that same >> > "IntelliMouse(R) Optical USB and PS/2 Compatible" printed on its >> > underside; although, of course, it could be pertinently different >> > hardware 'under the bonnet' to what you've got, given how things can >> > differ across countries or even across versions within a country. >> > >> > The mouse here has a USB connector at the end of its cable, and that >> > connector plugs into the usb port of a little usb-to-ps2 connector, >> > which in turn has its (i.e. the adatper's) ps2 port connecting into a >> > ps2 port on the back of the pc. >> > >> > Worked first-time here with config file: >> > ---- >> > MDEVICE="/dev/mouse" >> > PROTOCOL="imps2" >> > GPMOPTS="" >> > ---- >> >> mine would not work when I had the above config but it works with the >> one below even though they both mean the same thing. >> >> ---- >> MDEVICE="/dev/input/mice" >> PROTOCOL="imps2" >> GPMOPTS="" >> ---- >> >> >> > And /dev/mouse is a symlink to /dev/input/mice ; and the latter looks >> > ok re perms, ownerships, nodes, &c. >> > >> > Just thought it worth a double-check on that connector. >> >> I am using the mouse (apparently the same one you have) without the >> usb/ps2 adaptor. The usb plug is in a usb port. I guess it works with >> the imps2 protocol because it is a ps2 compatible mouse. >> > > > OK. I don't know enough on the innards of the drivers &c: tho' the likes > of 'http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/XFree86-Second-Mouse.html' > (albeit an old ref) indicates that the software supports both sides > (ps/2 & usb) too. So maybe it's both the hardware and software than can > take either role (ps/2 or usb). > > But why doesn't '/dev/mouse' work? > > If I use the adapter, then all is ok whether I use '/dev/mouse' or > '/dev/input/mice'. > > And if I don't use the adapter, thus putting the mouse directly into a > usb port on back of pc (cold booting in between), then everything still > works ok whether I use '/dev/mouse' or '/dev/input/mice'. > > Protocol was 'imps2' throughout. And things verified by checking e.g.: > 'ps auxwww|grep -i gpm' to see what '-m' value it was using; and > "grep -iE 'mouse|mice|imps|gpm' /var/log/*"; and all looks ok each time. > > What do you get from 'ls -la /dev/mouse'? D'you get (date/time v.likely > not same): > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-12-10 15:12 /dev/mouse -> input/mice > Does it end with *literally* ' -> input/mice' (without the quotes)? > > And for 'ls -la /dev/input/mice'? D'you get (again, of course, > date/time v.likely not same): > crw-r----- 1 root root 13, 63 2009-12-10 15:12 /dev/input/mice > > Unless something unusual in that output, that's about the end of my > in-head knowledge on this; & next step would be probly a google on "why > does /dev/input/mice work but /dev/mouse doesn't" or so :| . > > Btw, the lfs-6.5 kernel here just has all of the mouse/usb/&c&c stuff > built-in: they're not loaded as modules.
Mine is set up the same as yours. I tried switching from /dev/input/mice to /dev/mouse and it worked this time. I don't know why it didn't the other time. It doesn't really matter now because it works. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
