On 09/06/11 19:44, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 21:45 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: >> On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:05:30 -0400 (EDT), Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>> ... >>> Does Debian drop valid hardware, that isn't brand new? >> >> I use a PS/2 mouse with Debian, but it does not have a wheel; >> so I can't address your specific situation. But as to your >> more general question about hardware support, I doubt that >> Debian in particular or Linux in general intentionally dropped >> support for PS/2 mice with wheels. It's more likely a bug. >> The problem is usually that the people who write or maintain >> the code don't have the necessary hardware to test it themselves.
Would that be HAL, Xorg, or ? developers? 'cause if it's lack of appropriate hardware that's causing the problem - PS/2 mice is just the kind of hardware I'd be happy to donate! :-) <snipped> PS/2 wheel mice are the only mice I use and all currently releases of Debian for the i386 support them by default. With amd64 I have tried with Squeeze. The only laptops I've installed to are running Squeeze. That's as a three-button mouse with a scrolling wheel. The only problems I've seen with PS/2 mice and Linux in recent years have come from:- ;using mice that require drivers in Windoof (for basic functionality) - there's a Korean or Chinese mouse I've come across a couple of times (CMPsomething?) - throw in bin to fix ;(most common lately, espec. Dell) laptops with touchpads - disable touchpad ;laptops with a mouse hanging off a Y connector - don't use Y connector ;devices with touch screens - I have no idea how to fix ;BIOS has PlugNPray turned off or problematic IRQ settings - turn on PNP I've put the appropriate xorg.conf section in another post - it might be worth a try, though I'd be more interested in seeing the halinfo and dmesg first... eg:- dmesg | grep -i ps/2 [ 0.679471] PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K,PNP0f03:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12 [ 0.682717] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice [ 4.381405] input: ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse as /devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input4 lshal | grep -i ps/2 info.product = 'Microsoft PS/2-style Mouse' (string) pnp.description = 'Microsoft PS/2-style Mouse' (string) info.product = 'IBM Enhanced (101/102-key, PS/2 mouse support)' (string) pnp.description = 'IBM Enhanced (101/102-key, PS/2 mouse support)' (string) info.product = 'ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse' (string) input.product = 'ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse' (string) Cheers -- Tuttle? His name's Buttle. There must be some mistake. Mistake? [Chuckles] We don't make mistakes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4df0a659.3080...@gmail.com
