YellowDog ADB Mouse Problem

[Joshua Miller]

This is so odd ... I did what you recommended, changing /dev/mouse to
/dev/adbmouse and when I rebooted X failed because apparently
/dev/adbmouse no longer exists. So I fired up PICO and changed the file
back to /dev/mouse, ran startx and it worked. That was so bizarre. At
any rate, thanks, you helped me to a solution, albeit an odd one.

Thanks,

Joshua Miller
josh@joshuasmiller.com


-----Original Message-----
From: yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
[mailto:yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com] On Behalf
Of Ken Schweigert
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 4:56 PM
To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Subject: Re: YellowDog ADB Mouse Problem


On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 04:31:58PM -0400, Joshua Miller wrote:
> Ok, update to this problem ...
> 
> When I start in KDE or Gnome the mouse fails, but if I hit
> CTRL+OPTION+F2 and go to the command prompt, the mouse is working ... 
> CTRL+OPTION+I
> get a floating cursor that I can move with no problem. But if I go 
> back to a desktop env. The mouse doesn't work.

It's been a while since I played with ADB mice, but I think all you need
to do is modify /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 .  Find the section that
references /dev/mouse and change it to /dev/adbmouse

HTH

-ken


> 
> PLEASE HELP!
> 
> Joshua Miller
> josh@joshuasmiller.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> [mailto:yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com] On 
> Behalf Of Joshua Miller
> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 3:12 PM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: YellowDog ADB Mouse Problem
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I just installed YellowDog 2.2 (after many many attempts) and now when

> I boot into KDE my ADB mouse doesn't work. I get in, can use the 
> keyboard with limited functionality but can not do anything with the 
> mouse. Does anyone know how I can get the system to recognize the 
> Apple ADB mouse? This seems odd - why wouldn't it use the ADB mouse 
> when that's the mouse I specified in the setup proceedure? I know 
> there's nothing wrong with the hardware, it works fine under OS 8.6 
> which is installed on the system as well.
> 
> Thanks, please let me know if you know how to correct this problem.
> 
> Joshua Miller
> josh@joshuasmiller.com
> 
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-Ken Schweigert, Padawan Network Administrator
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