On 11/03/2006 02:48 PM somebody named Jim Sabatke wrote:
Haven't found the answer to this one on the web. If I want to plug in a USB keyboard and mouse, do I need xorg config entries, or does the hotplugging system handle that for me?
TIA,
Jim
Yes and yes. I set mine up (on pro 9.3) so long ago and with so little problem with it, that I really don't remember much about it. So I'm educatedly guessing here. If you have the USB modules installed and working, and if your hotplug system is working, then just plugging it in will work... it always has for me. You need to have an entry in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file for your mouse. Here's mine: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "usbmouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "ButtonNumber" "5" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Your protocol might be different. Also in your xorg.conf in the "Files" Section, you'll need to chain in the Identifier from the above, e.g.: InputDevices "/dev/usbmouse" and: Section "ServerLayout" ... InputDevice "usbmouse" "Corepointer" ... EndSection I always meant to go back and tweak these settings, but the mouse has worked so flawlessly while other stuff hasn't, that I haven't bothered. Please let the group know if the above worked for you and/or if you needed to make changes. Share the knowledge. Keep the anger. -- To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. --Theodore Roosevelt, 1918