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DateWed, 16 Mar 2005 10:44:04 +0100
FromHelge Hafting <>
SubjectRe: 2.6.11-mm3 mouse oddity
Andrew Morton wrote:

>Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>
>>On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:25:12 +0100, Helge Hafting
>><helge.hafting@aitel.hist.no> wrote:
>> 
>>
>>>2.6.11-mm1 and earlier: mouse appear as /dev/input/mouse0
>>>2.6.11-mm3: mouse appear as /dev/input/mouse1
>>>
>>>No big problem, one change to xorg.conf and I got the mouse back.
>>>I guess it wasn't supposed to change like that though?
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>Vojtech activated scroll handling in keyboard code by default so now
>>your keyboard is mapped to the mouse0 and the mouse moved to mouse1.
>> 
>>
>
>We cannot ship a kernel with this change, surely?  Our users would come
>hunting for us with pitchforks.
> 
>
I like it, actually.  Now I have support for the wheels on this
logitech wireless keyboard.  Note that most users won't get
trouble, because they use /dev/mice.  Which is something
all single-head machines can do.

> 
>
>>Vojtech, is is possible to detect whether a keyboard has scroll
>>wheel(s) by its ID?
>> 
>>
>
>What sort of keyboard has a scroll wheel??
>
> 
>
The logitech cordless keyboard is one.  It has two wheels.
The one on the side works generates up-arrow/down arrow when used,
and now also events on /dev/mouse0.  The other is a wheel above
the keys, lying on the side.  Logitech apparently meant it to be used as
a volume control, which should be possible now that it attaches to
/dev/mouse0.

Note that /dev/mice isn't always the answer - dual seat machines
need to separate the various mice and keyboards.

Helge Hafting
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