Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 30 Nov 2003 10:07:40 +0100 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: [MOUSE] "Virtual PC" mouse no longer works |
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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.
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