On Sat, 25 Feb 2006, michael hast wrote:
> I recently aquired four Nexxtech optical scroll mice for cheap. They work
> really well with Windoze and Kernel 2.4, but they won't work under Kernel 2.6
> as they are ExplorerPS2 mice instead of the standard PS2. I have been
> running Kernel 2.6 because it is the more current version, but is there any
> real advantage to 2.6 over 2.4? I know that some people have made ths kind
> of thing work on 2.6, but if there isn't a good reason to use it, I don't see
> the point of the effort. Thoughts?
I have in my posession an optical trackball, which X thinks of as:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Buttons" "6"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 5"
EndSection
It works fine with kernel 2.6.15.1. Therefore it's not that ExplorerPS/2
mice don't work with 2.6, it's that those _particular_ ExplorerPS/2 mice
don't work with 2.6 (and I suspect that it's the configuration of your
software [1], not the kernel version, that's the issue).
Have you tried some LiveCDs or rescue CDs? If it's a roll-your-own kernel,
make sure you have all the necessary modules available.
[1] and the X server is just another piece of (admittedly complex) software
-- -eben ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm home.tampabay.rr.com/hactarQ: What kind of modem did Jimi Hendrix use? A: A purple Hayes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Fri Aug 01 2014 - 18:52:03 EDT