Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Jun 2002 10:37:43 -0700 | From | Matthew Dharm <> | Subject | Re: PS2 -> USB magic |
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BIOS emulation for your USB mouse as a PS/2 device. It's pretty common on many mainboards.
Matt
On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 07:27:20PM +0200, Nicolas Turro wrote: > > Hello, > > on my laptop (compaq armada m300), i used to plug an usb mouse, > and it was 'seen' as a ps2 mouse by Xfree, without any usb module loading > (kernel 2.2.18, with custom configure options) > > root@polaire# ls -l /dev/mouse /dev/psmouse > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jun 25 15:27 /dev/mouse -> > /dev/psmouse > crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 10, 1 Jun 25 15:27 /dev/psmouse > > and : > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse1" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" > EndSection > > In my XF86Config ... > It was kinda magic.... > > Anyway, i compiled a 2.4.17 kernel (with more or less the same configure > options, but it was a pain for usb), and now the same 'magic' doesn't work.... > I must use usbcore, hid, mousedev, uhci modules in order to use my usb > mouse... > > Can someone explain me how it worked in 2.2.18 without those modules, > and is it possible to make the same magic work in 2.4.17 ? > > Nicolas > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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