Can I use usb mouse with Xpmac server?

Kostas Gewrgiou gewrgiou at imbc.gr
Wed Aug 4 01:51:34 EST 1999



 I don't think that Xpmac can use the usb mouse at all, from what i am told
its getting the mouse events through the keyboard, take a look in
mouse_input() at linux/drivers/macintosh/mac_keyb.c to see the ugly thing
in all its glory. 

  Kostas Gewrgiou

PS> this have to go at some point since its everything that maps the keyboard
at RAW gets lots of garbage.

On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Kevin B. Hendricks wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I want to use the Xpmac server on my B+W G3 running Paul's 2.2.10 kernel.
> 
> I can startx fine with Xpmac and it sees the usb keyboard fine, but I can't
> make it see or use the usbmouse.
> 
> I tried symbolically linking usbmouse to mouse in /dev to no avail.
> 
> I did try borrowing an adb mouse and plugging it into the adb port on the
> B+W and it works fine (usb keyboard with adb mouse).
> 
> Any tricks here?  Can I somehow change the /dev/ mouse entries and get
> Xpmac server to work.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
> 
> 


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