[Techtalk] Mouse Problems in Suse 10

[Marize Pommot-Maia]

On 2/13/06, Kristine Thompson <kristineth at ameritech.net> wrote:
> techtalk at linuxchix.orgOn Sun, 2006-02-12 at 18:39 -0500, Helen wrote:
> > Are there any knowledgeable people in regards to Suse 10 out there,
> > that
> > have experienced this, or know of a location to keep looking?
>
> One thing I learn Linux doesn't work well wit mouse connect via Key
> board and mouse switch, and it doesn't work well with normal driver.  So
> I just using generic mouse drive for it.
> --
> Kristine Thompson <kristineth at ameritech.net>
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Hi,

I'm no expert in SUSE so I won't pretend I know the major differences
from version 9 to version 10.
I do however have three working options as to the mouse devices I can
use with this computer: a PS/2, a touchpad and a USB mouse that I can
plug in/out as I need/want.  My system runs Gentoo with a 2.6.15
kernel, xorg-x11-6.8.2-r6 and is pure udev.  The relevant section in
'/etc/X11/xorg.conf' is:
<code>
Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "PS/2 Mouse"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option      "Device" "/dev/misc/psaux"
	Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
	Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
	Option	    "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "USB Mouse"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option      "SendCoreEvents" "true"
	Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
       Option      "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "TouchPad"
	Driver      "synaptics"
	Option      "Protocol"   "Auto"
        Option      "SendCoreEvents" "true"
	Option      "Device"     "/dev/input/mouse0"
	Option      "LeftEdge"   "1700"
	Option      "RightEdge"  "5300"
	Option      "TopEdge"    "1700"
	Option      "BottomEdge" "4200"
	Option      "FingerLow"  "25"
	Option      "FingerHigh" "30"
	Option      "MaxTapTime" "180"
	Option      "MaxTapMove" "220"
	Option      "VertScrollDelta" "100"
	Option      "MinSpeed"   "0.02"
	Option      "MaxSpeed"   "0.10"
	Option      "AccelFactor" "0.0010"
	Option      "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection
</code>

First I had to figure out if the mouse was detected by the kernel. 
Your device will either be seen as '/dev/input/mouse0' or
'/dev/input/mice'.  Please do
#cat /dev/input/mouse0
move the mouse around and if you see some "stuff" written to the
screen then this is it.   If your mouse isn't detected, verify that
all the necessary modules are loaded.   If your mouse is detected,
fill in the device in the appropriate InputDevice section, as in the
section above.

Hope this helps some.
--
Marize Pommot-Maia
marize at gmail.com