Jason Boxman wrote:
>On Saturday 25 February 2006 18:39, michael hast wrote:
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>>Every other PS2 mouse that I have ever used has been a no-brainer to get
>>going. From what I have read on Google, mouse functions are driver
>>modules in 2.4, but in 2.6, mouse functions are embedded in the Kernel.
>>Apparently, with certian pointing devices (i. e. some touchscreens and
>>this particular mouse) this has been a problem with 2.6 that some have
>>overcome with disabling that part of the kernel and porting in the
>>modules from 2.4. I don't know how to do that and am trying to
>>determine if I want to bother learning that right now. I may just cut
>>my losses and give up on these mice. They were cheap enough that it
>>wouldn't be that much of a loss.
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>So the device just flat out doesn't work under 2.6 in any mode of operation,
>be it X Window, gpm, or what have you? It just doesn't work?
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As far as I can tell. It wouldn't work for me in either GDM or KDM and
from what I could tell on my Googling, it's not a unique problem and
this particular mouse just doesn't do it. If I had even thought that it
might be a possibility, I probably would not have bid on the Ebay
auction. Maybe I'll give them to all my Windoze friends.
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