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SubjectRe: [MOUSE] "Virtual PC" mouse no longer works
On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 02:23:55AM -0500, Sean Callanan wrote:
> Dear mailing list,
>
> I'm running Debian inside Connectix Virtual PC 6.0.1. This software
> simulates Pentium-based hardware on a Macintosh. It lets the guest OS
> "captue" the Macintosh mouse - when the guest OS wants to use the mouse,
> the Macintosh pointer disappears and the guest OS receives mouse events.
> This is done using a virtual PS/2 device.
>
> This functionality works with the following kernels (with relevant
> configuration options). They are stock Debian kernels.
>
> 2.2.20:
> CONFIG_MOUSE=y
> CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y
> 2.4.18:
> CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y
>
> The mouse is free until X starts up (getting mouse events from
> /dev/psaux) and is then "captured" and usable in X. But with
> 2.6.0-test11, this functionality is broken. The relevant parameters in
> my .config are:
>
> CONFIG_INPUT=y
> CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV=y
> CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSEDEV_PSAUX=y
> CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE=y
> CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2=y
> CONFIG_BUSMOUSE=y
>
> I have tried:
> 1) Using /dev/input/mice and /dev/psaux in my XF86Config
> 2) Passing psmouse_noext=1 to the kernel
> Neither gave any success.
>
> Please cc: me on any replies as I am not subscribed. Thank you for your
> time.

Enable DEBUG in drivers/input/serio/i8042.c and look at dmesg output
(and send it to me, too). There one can see what went wrong, what's
not being emulated correctly.

--
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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