jleddy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello all, > > I just started using gentoo linux. I am having trouble configuring the > X sever to use my Kensington mouse in a box usb wireless mouse. > > This is the current setup I have in my XF86Config file: > > Identifier "Mouse1" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "Auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/usbmouse" > > > It used to be dev/mouse but I since finding that there was a /dev/usbmouse > I have been using that. > > The OS clearly recognizes my mouse based on the line: > > Jan 27 10:41:50 bing148 input: USB HID v1.00 Mouse / > [Kensington Kensington USB Mouse] on usb1:2.0 > > on bootup. > > If I change the line Driver "mouse" to "hid", the xserver spits out that > it cannot find this module. I in fact compiled it into the kernel, so > I can understand why it can't find it as a module. The Driver is means the XFree86 driver, not the kernel module, so you can leave it as "mouse". > If I change > Option "Protocol" "Auto" > to > Option "Protocol" "usb" > I get this message: > (EE) Mouse1: Unknown protocol "usb" The Protocol refers to the Mouse protocol, I think "Auto" should work, otherwise you may want to use "usb". <http://www.xfree86.org/current/mouse.html> has some additional details and examples configurations. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
