On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 12:07:42AM +0000, James Read via blfs-support wrote: > On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 11:48 PM Douglas R. Reno via blfs-support < > blfs-support@lists.linuxfromscratch.org> wrote: > > > > > On 12/14/20 5:36 PM, James Read via blfs-support wrote: > > > I installed the gpm mouse server and ran /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S70gpm start > > > and got the output > > > > > > * Starting GPM console mouse service > > > > > > However, no mouse pointer appears in my terminals and the mouse > > > doesn't seem to be working. Any ideas? > > > > > > James Read > > > > > Hi James, > > > > What are the contents of your "/etc/sysconfig/mouse" file? > > > > At first I used the example values in the book: > > That didn't work > > > > > > You can try running mouse-test to find out what mouse type your mouse is > > presenting itself as, as well as what the device node is. > > > > > I tried running mouse-test and it suggested /dev/autofs
That sounds bizarre (although I admit I have not run that program for many years). > I updated /etc/sysconfig/mouse accordingly and still no joy. > > I know my usb mouse is connected because I installed and ran lsusb.py and > it shows my mouse there but no /dev/? file. > > Any other way I can figure out what device my mouse is on? > For mice, (CONFIG_) MOUSE, MOUSEDEV and perhaps MOUSEDEV_PSAUX usually do the job. Since you know it is a usb mouse I would have suggested that maybe one of the usb driver modules was disabled (or alternatively set to 'M' but for some reason not automatically loaded. But if that lsusb script shows it then presumably the driver is loaded. But I'm slightly dubious about lsusb.py: on the laptop where I'm writing this, the trackpad is busted and I've got a usb trackpad plugged in - that shows as a keyboard in lsusb.py. Lemme point to the kernel docs (for 5.8, since I think that is what you said you are running): https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v5.8/input/input.html and pasting from there - For the most usual configuration, with one USB mouse and one USB keyboard, you’ll have to load the following modules (or have them built in to the kernel): input mousedev usbcore uhci_hcd or ohci_hcd or ehci_hcd usbhid hid_generic After this, the USB keyboard will work straight away, and the USB mouse will be available as a character device on major 13, minor 63: crw-r--r-- 1 root root 13, 63 Mar 28 22:45 mice [...] After that you have to point GPM (the textmode mouse cut&paste tool) and XFree to this device to use it - GPM should be called like: gpm -t ps2 -m /dev/input/mice For sysv lfs, those options belong in /etc/sysconfig/mouse: MDEVICE="/dev/input/mice" PROTOCOL="imps2" GPMOPTS="" And in X: Section "Pointer" Protocol "ImPS/2" Device "/dev/input/mice" ZAxisMapping 4 5 EndSection I'm not sure that last part is true - on this laptop the only matches for Pointer in xorg are: en@terror ~ $grep Pointer /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/* /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-quirks.conf: Identifier "Xen Virtual Pointer axis blacklist" /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-quirks.conf: MatchProduct "Xen Virtual Pointer" /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf: MatchIsPointer "on" and I think that the file installed by libinput handles it all. ĸen -- To say that it (his hair) was black and bound up in a ponytail is to miss the opportunity of using the term 'elephantine'. It was hair with personality. -- The Thief Of Time (about the monk, Sato). -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
