Ahhh, so in theory upgrading to 2.5 when doable would get this working properly. Any ideas on how to go about hacking together stuff now so that the ps/2 mouse goes into the input layer?
-Jeff ________________________________________________ Nach dem Spiel ist vor dem Spiel --Sepp Herberger On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Peter Robinson wrote: > > The USB input layer is part of a larger input layer rewrite scheduled for > 2.5 you can find details here. http://www.suse.cz/development/input/ > Basically I think the keyboard and mice and everything will have default > interfaces whether they are bus, ps2, serial, usb or something else. > > Peter > > > > > Okay, so the input layer is all cool and stuff. Good 'nough. > > Now, when I > > was using the usb backport on 2.2.18, plugging in a usb mouse worked > > instantly as it got converted and dumped into the psaux device, as I > > understand it, anyway. I don't remember if the input layer was around > > then, but now I'm seeing that the usb mouse device gets created in the > > input layer and can be accessed via mouse0, etc. or through > > mice. As I've > > read, all of the mouse* devices get dumped into mice. This > > is the same > > behavior I saw on 2.2.18. However, the ps/2 mouse still goes through > > psaux, and only psaux. So, setting up XFree, for example, to use > > /dev/psaux works and setting it to use /dev/input/mice (and > > mouse0) works, > > but it's only one or the other. Anyway the question although it isn't > > absolutely your field of maintainence is, are these thoughts > > correct and > > is someone already working on getting the ps/2 port to go through the > > input layer? I think it should go that way, and not the input layer > > getting merged with psaux. Thoughts? Flames? > > > > Thanks, > > Jeff > > > > ________________________________________________ > > Nach dem Spiel > > ist vor dem Spiel --Sepp Herberger > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
