
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Matthias, thanks for your reply! Matthias Hopf wrote:
You typically don't want an additional device section, but just use the kernel emulation. If the kernel doesn't understand the mouse protocol, chances are dimm that Xorg understands it.
Not sure if I understand your comment. I already have a device section that covers the internal trackpoint and an external USB mouse, which both use /dev/input/mice To connect the trackball (which does not support USB), I use an USB to Serial adapter, which registers itself as /dev/ttyUSB0 - that's my main reason for adding another device section. All the other options are taken from previous x.org config files on systems where I used the trackball before. The Kernel is not aware that there is a mouse device behind /dev/ttyUSB0, similar to when I connect it to a regular ttySx serial port. Or am I missing something?
And if you want to specify it yourself, you might want to try a different protocol:
Auto, Microsoft, MouseSystems, MMSeries, Logitech, Mouse‐ Man, MMHitTab, GlidePoint, IntelliMouse, ThinkingMouse, ValuMouseScroll, AceCad, PS/2, ImPS/2, ExplorerPS/2, Think‐ ingMousePS/2, MouseManPlusPS/2, GlidePointPS/2, Net‐ MousePS/2, NetScrollPS/2, BusMouse, SysMouse, WSMouse, USB, VUID, Xqueue.
I guess most of them are not automatically detected.
I tried both "Auto" as well as "explorerps/2" - none made the cursor to move. The latter seems to be the correct one when using the Trackball via the PS/2 port. I wonder if using it via the Serial port requires a different protocol - but "Auto" failed to detect it.
I don't think that power is a problem for a trackball.
Well, I have now ordered a USB to PS/2 Adapter. Let's see if that helps... But thanks for your help! Bye, LenZ - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer <lenz@grimmer.com> -o) [ICQ: 160767607 | Jabber: LenZGr@jabber.org] /\\ http://www.lenzg.org/ V_V -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE4fE0SVDhKrJykfIRAr6zAJ9LPngYva+SXQlKR94ZKYK915UGrwCfUFaq goF+X0v3oHToqMfkTWGsmks= =oky2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----