[ltp] usb mouse on x30 with fedora core 3

[Bret Comstock Waldow]

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On Sat, 14 May 2005 06:43, Michael Moyle wrote:
> All,
>
> When I connect my usb mouse to the x30 it's performance (in x)  is
> choppy, unreliable, and eventually ceases to function altogether.
>
> Most examples I have seen (and used with gentoo) entail the trackpointer
> and the usb mouse on different devices. FC3 puts both mice on the same
> device (/dev/input/mice). Indeed, gpm is configured to run this device
> as well. Both gpm and X are unhappy sharing the device in this manner.
>
> Does anyone have a working example of sharing the trackpointer and usb
> mouse on fc3 or 2?

I can't help you with fedora, but for what it's worth, here are some aspect=
s=20
of my setup:

Gentoo, T42, (Targus) Kensington USB scroll mouse

I am not using gpm.

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D xorg.conf =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D
Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "X.org Configured"
        Screen      0  "LCD" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Trackpoint" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "USBMouse" "SendCoreEvents"
        InputDevice    "Thinkpad KB" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

 <snip>

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Trackpoint"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "auto"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier "USBMouse"
   Driver "mouse"
   Option "Protocol" "Auto"
   Option "Device" "/dev/usbmouse"
#  Option "Device" "/dev/misc/psaux"
   Option "Buttons" "5"
   Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D xorg.conf =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D /dev  =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
ganesha root # ls -l /dev/mouse
lr-xr-xr-x  1 root root 10 May 13 08:02 /dev/mouse -> misc/psaux
ganesha root # ls -l /dev/usbmouse
lr-xr-xr-x  1 root root 10 May 13 08:02 /dev/usbmouse -> input/mice
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =3D /dev  =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D  modules =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D
lsmod shows no module entries re: mice, but both usb-uhci & usb-ehci are=20
loaded (watch out for the line wrap):
ganesha root # lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
usbhid                 27200  0
uhci_hcd               33360  0
ehci_hcd               33544  0
ipw2200               141352  0
nvram                   9672  0
sg                     37088  0
sr_mod                 17764  0
arc4                    1856  1
firmware_class         10624  1 ipw2200
pcmcia                 26184  4
yenta_socket           23176  2
rsrc_nonstatic         11392  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            51252  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
parport_pc             36484  1
lp                     11972  0
parport                38664  2 parport_pc,lp
sd_mod                 17488  0
evdev                   9856  0
usb_storage            71744  0
rtcmosram               3972  0
smapi                   4292  0
thinkpad                6276  2 rtcmosram,smapi
ieee80211_crypt_tkip    11012  0
ieee80211_crypt_ccmp     8004  0
ieee80211_crypt_wep     5316  1
ieee80211              41124  1 ipw2200
ieee80211_crypt         6344  5=20
ipw2200,ieee80211_crypt_tkip,ieee80211_crypt_ccmp,ieee80211_crypt_wep,ieee8=
0211
e1000                  88372  0
ibm_acpi               30144  0
ide_tape               37840  0
st                     40860  0
scsi_mod               94704  5 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,usb_storage,st
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D  modules =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D

HTH,
Bret

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