[Techtalk] New to Linux, having problems with mouse recognition in YDL 2.2

[Ms. Piglet]

Old Apple mice use an ADB connection, not PS/2 or USB, so that's the sort of
driver you're looking for....(new Apple mice are USB.  As far as I know,
Apple has never used PS/2......but I could be in error.)

According to the YDL website they support ADB mice, so it's probably just a
case of knowing which driver you're hunting; it should be in there
somewhere.

--pig

On 4/21/02 10:41 PM,  <buzzygirl at isd.net> shared this thought:

> Hi there,
> 
> I'm a newbie to Linux, but I somehow managed to get it installed despite
> that. I have an older Power PC 6500 (Macintosh) that was donated to me.
> Since I wasn't really using it, I decided to give myself a challenge. So I
> had a friend of mine send me Yellow Dog Linux 2.2 on a CD. After a few false
> starts, I got it installed. But now I have no working mouse.
> 
> Again, this is an older Macintosh, a Power PC 6500, with a standard, older
> Apple one-button mouse (is that a PS/2 or USB mouse? I'm not as familiar
> with Macs as I am with Win machines). I've posted on this issue in many
> usenet forums, but without a successful follow-up. I realize that Power PC
> Linux distros are not as popular as ones for Windows boxes, but this can't
> be that difficult a problem to solve. I just don't know how to do it myself.
> 
> I did take some advice from my friend, who told me how to get into the
> Configs and edit the mouse protocol, but that didn't work. I'm still pretty
> green to Linux, and logging in as root scares me. So, rather than really
> screw things up, I thought I would post here and see if I could get a
> response from someone who may have dealt with mouse issues under Linux
> before. I think that given that this is a PPC distro, and I'm dealing with
> an older one-button mouse, I'm having trouble getting any guidance
> whatsoever.
> 
> Thanks for your help. Oh, and I did already post this to the newchix list
> and got no response there (yet).
> I would really like the mouse for now, so that I can get into the X screens
> and learn a bit more about the OS from KDE and GNOME, since I don't really
> know any Linux commands yet.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jackie
> 
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