[ltp] External USB space saver keyboard with linux?

[Boyan]

Hi,

nope, it does not help for the mouse. Actually I used before an
external USB mouse and still have these lines in the XF86Cofig:

Section "InputDevice"
  Driver       "mouse"
  Identifier   "Mouse[3]"
  Option  "Device"       "/dev/input/mice"
  Option  "InputFashion"      "Mouse"
  Option  "Name"    "Autodetection"
  Option  "Protocol"     "imps/2"
  Option  "Vendor"       "Sysp"
  Option  "ZAxisMapping"      "4

which used to do the job, so I had both mouses at the same time.
Sadly this does not help with the trackpoint on the IBM USB keyboard.

Regards,
Boyan



On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Tod Harter wrote:
>
> On Tuesday 08 October 2002 09:59 am, Boyan wrote:
>
> Generally speaking all you need to know is what device the mouse is. I don't
> know how your system is set up exactly, so I cannot tell you for certain, but
> my MDK8.2 desktop system has a symlink from /dev/mouse to /dev/input/mouse0,
> and other than that the InputDevice section of the XF86Config is:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>
>     Identifier  "Mouse1"
>     Driver      "mouse"
>     Option "Protocol"    "IMPS/2"
>     Option "Device"      "/dev/mouse"
>     Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>
> (which is for my standard 3 button USB wheelmouse). Your mouse MIGHT use a
> different protocol, I don't know, but that you can easily experiment with, my
> bet is that 'IMPS/2' will work since I've never yet seen a USB mouse it
> didn't work with...
>
> As for the keyboard, I haven't any experience with USB keyboards yet myself,
> so I'm not really able to help you there, but I'd be pretty surprised if its
> not a standard HID device.
>
> > *** List MOVED use linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org for future postings
> > ***Hello,
> >
> > trying to integrate the external USB space saver keyboard with Hub (for
> > IntelliStation) in the tp 600x running linux (suse 8.0). Have no idea
> > how to do this, and X-configurator SAX does not recognise the keyboard
> > (88-keys). It has also an in-built track point with 3 buttons exactly
> > as the thinkpad. I guess the file /etc/X11/XF86config has to be edited
> > to account for the additional keyboard and mouse, but how?
> >
> > Tried the keyboard with windows 98 and 2k also on a desktop and it
> > works (with the drivers supplied), so it is not a hardware issue.
> >
> > Happy at any suggestion,
> > Boyan
> >
> > PS: It is a real pleasure to type with this keyboard, remains the linux
> > issue.
>
>