[wplug] trackpad on powerbook

Eric C. Cooper ecc at cmu.edu
Wed Feb 9 22:46:39 EST 2005


On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 07:54:01PM -0500, John Harrold wrote:
> So I decided it was time to get a laptop and I got a powerbook. Naturally
> the first thing I did was repartition the drive to install linux. Now I've
> got debian installed and it's dual booting between osx and debian just
> fine. After installing and configure X, gdm starts and x _looks_ fine.
> However, the mouse doesn't work. I've tried various devices in the
> XF86Config file:
> 
> /dev/input/mice
> /dev/input/mouse0
> /dev/input/mouse1
> /dev/psaux

If you're running gpm, then you need to use /dev/gpmdata for your
mouse device.

If gpm isn't the problem, does an external USB mouse work when you use
/dev/input/mice in X?

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Eric C. Cooper          e c c @ c m u . e d u


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