Debian and X

[airhead]

8) Slackware 8)

[civ1492]

8) Slackware 8)

very brave to post this on a debian thread ;D

[ASCI_Blue]

Thanx for the command. and Shoo slackware monkey! :P

"InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "usbmouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Device" "/dev/usbmouse"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off"
EndSection

That is currently what my XF86Config-4 looks like for my mouse. I've tried it with usbmouse and with just mouse and still nothing as a USB mouse. :/

[pbharris]

is there a entry in /dev/ for usbmouse

[ASCI_Blue]

There is a /dev/usbmouse.

[pbharris]

wth....
what modules are loaded? this should be much easier....

[ASCI_Blue]

modules:

mousedev
hid
usbmouse
input
usbcore
usb-uhci


There are more but they're not usb stuff..is there any way to look at the kernel from a Winders partition if it's on a floppy?

[Guitarlynn]

Not unless your windows will interpret a compiled C binary.

[pbharris]

ruffis ricking smacking twoi bit smelly darn ole galoot....

- alrighty - do you have gpm installed ? it is a mouse app which runs when X isn't . not much of a pointer but works great for copy paste stuff.

can you tell us if that works - install gpm if you haven't and just move teh mouse around - you should see it move.

and oh yea - what kind of USB mouse if this? i saw something about 7 buttons...

[ASCI_Blue]

Not sure if I've got GPM installed, can check it easy enough and edit this. I've got a Razer 1000 mouse http://www.razerzone.com USB ball mouse with 5 buttons and wheel.

The 7 buttons thing came from a mailing list turned forum or something, thought I'd give it a try for fun.

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gpm is installed, gpm does nothing with my mouse.

On a side note where can I find a nice, plain, simple, KISS type of lilo.conf howto so I can stop booting from this miserable floppy?