Pastor Mac wrote:
> I have an ADB Kensington Turbo Mouse and I see Kensington does
> not have Linux drivers for Mouse Works. This is a two button
> trackball mouse and I cannot convince Control Center there is a
> second button--YDL thinks it is just a one button Mac mouse.
Hm. My MacAlly USB wheelie mouse worked with no extra drivers.
---Urk, I need to read more carefully; you said *ADB* mouse.
You probably have to tweak your X11 configuration a bit (which
is something I prefer to avoid, personally). Use the dmesg
command to see what your computer knows about the mouse -- it
will have some unlikely-sounding things about PS/2 emulation
and so forth; that seems to be normal.
LinuxPPC had a utility that would tell the system what kind of
ADB mouse you had attached (I'm not sure if YDL has it). I have
a big honkin' 3-button ADB mouse attached to my beige G3,
alongside the USB mouse. It's one of those "MacX" style mice,
which in 2.2.x required a patch to use as a 3-button mouse.
(I think later versions of 2.2.x included the patch by default,
and 2.4 has it or YDL included it.) Anyway, I can't remember
what the utility was called -- you might want to try typing
apropos ADB at the command line to see what manpages talk
about ADB devices.
> the normal user acc't created at installation does not
> have sudo permissions.... What
> combination of groups/policies would allow me to sudo?
Assuming sudo is installed (it should be; see chasd's post
for very good instructions), you should use the visudo
command to edit the file. I'll repeat Ken Clark's snip of
what the file should look like (slightly edited):
# stuff above, maybe
# User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
yourusername ALL=(ALL) ALL
# stuff below, maybe
##end
If you don't like vi (can't imagine anyone not liking it
though :-), you can do something like this at the command
prompt, assuming you're using bash:
export EDITOR=/path/to/your/favorite/editor
visudo
And it should open the "sudoers" file with your favorite
editor.
> This is my first experience installing and administering
> a *NIX--I've only very loosely had exposure on a college
> campus with Unix just as a terminal user.
You're actually in better shape than most, then -- you know
what to expect. It's the little goofy details that can drive
a new user (and more experienced folks) absolutely NUTS.
MaX is meant for questions like yours, as I understand the
charter of the list, so if you don't find an answer in the
archives feel free to ask away.
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James Blish)
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