configuring usb mouse in Debian Woody

[MountainPig]

I have been unable to get my usb intellimouse configured in woody and have several questions:

1) Does the kernel installed by default (2.2.20 I think) support USB?

2)If so, how do I determine which device file (i.e. /dev/input/mouse) it is linked to?

When I set up Debian the original section was as follows:

Section "Input Device"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" (I think)
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

The error reported was that there was "no such device as /dev/input/mice" and "no core pointer registered"

I since have tried changing the /dev name to all the examples I have been able to find on the net and still get the same error. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

mkdir /dev/input
mknod /dev/input/mice c 13 63

make sure you have the correct stuff in the kernel and voila !

You will need :
Input Core support -> Mouse support

USB -> Host controller driver
USB -> HID Mouse

[pbharris]

hello,
i used gpm and the X picked up its config - else it was just like Mr. LoveChild said.

[MountainPig]

Thanks for the help! I will try these suggestions out later tonight and let you all know how it goes. My wife is stealing my computer right now to write a paper.

[MountainPig]

Ok, this is finally my first post from Woody.
I finally had time to fix the mouse issue and get my DSL running.
Thanks to Lovechild and pbharris for the help.

Jeff