Duncan wrote:
> James Tyrer posted on Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:55:52 -0700 as excerpted:
>
>> Duncan wrote:
>>> James Tyrer posted on Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:39:16 -0700 as
>>> excerpted:
>>>
>>>>> 1. Auto completion doesn't work in Konqueror (and other
>>>>> places) using the mouse.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is very frustrating since as you type, the list of
>>>>> suggested completions opens, but when I try to move the mouse
>>>>> to select one, the list immediately closes.
>>>>>
>>>> I note that this does work using the cursor keys. So, it is
>>>> probably some issue with KDE (or more probably Qt) vs the Xorg
>>>> mouse driver.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone else have a PS/2 mouse connection?
>>> I really doubt it's the physical mouse bus or how the driver
>>> reacts to it.
>> The Kernel does use different drivers for PS/2 and USB. Although
>> these should act the same, perhaps they don't.
>
> Yes, but see below. What I was getting at is that, if you're using
> the right device which you are, the kernel is supposed to make
> whatever you have look to the rest of the system like a Microsoft PS2
> mouse, or an Intellimouse, the same but for the number of buttons,
> AFAIK.
>
>>> More likely, it's the driver interacting with kde, or the config.
>>> It sounds like your xorg is significantly older than your kde at
>>> this point.
>> However, it has never worked starting with 4.0.0 or probably
>> before.
>>
>>> What version of xf86-input-mouse and xorg-server are we talking,
>> I have server 1.6.2 and I installed version 1.5.0 of the mouse
>> driver recently with no change.
>
> xorg-server 1.6.2 isn't /that/ old, either. I'm not sure without
> looking, for the mouse driver.
>
>>> what kernel version,
>> 2.6.30.2
>
> OK, that's new enough it shouldn't be the problem.
>
>>> and what's your kernel mouse config like -- which kernel device
>>> do you have xorg using?
>>>
>> xorg.conf has "/dev/input/mice".
>
> /dev/input/mice is a kernel "emulated" mouse. It takes whatever it
> sees and emulates a ps2 Microsoft Explorer mouse with it. That's why
> I'm saying it shouldn't matter.
>
Some documentation suggests using: "/dev/input/mouse0". Does this make
a difference?
> What mouse type are you telling xorg to use,
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> and is it
Pronoun reference please. Is what set?
> set to use the xorg.conf setting or hal (with server 1.6
> and possibly 1.5, IDR ATM, it would ignore the xorg.conf setting and
> use hal, unless you set a serverflag telling it not to. I don't have
> time ATM to look at the details, but the xorg.conf manpage has them I
> believe.)
>
I do not have:
Option "AutoAddDevices"
Option "AutoEnableDevices"
in my xorg.conf file. IIUC, they are both true by default.
The man pages are not really adequate documentation. :-|
--
James Tyrer
Linux (mostly) From Scratch
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