On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 19:06, Thomas Adam wrote:
--- linuxgirlie
wrote: I'm talking about Mandrake 10.1 which uses X.org and for some reason in the XF86Config file it puts:
OK, so maybe "/dev/mice" is Xorg specific then. The references to it on google.com/linux about its existence are vague [1]. It's wholly acceptable for "/dev/mouse" to be the default. As I said before, this isn't an actual device. It's a symlink that the admin can setup to point to whichever mouse device is currently active. Hence:
I think you might be looking for /dev/input/mice in kernel 2.6 this is the aggregate mouse device for the input layer that covers at least ps2 and usb -- Tim Fletcher Learning Technologies Manager - Parrs Wood Technology College tim@parrswood.manchester.sch.uk Tel: 0161 448 0361 Tim Fletcher C/O Parrs Wood Technology College Wilmslow Road Manchester M20 5PG