Re: Mouse with XFree86

[Emmanuel DUMAS]

Le Vendredi 5 Mars 2004 20:41, Marco Gerards a écrit :
> Emmanuel DUMAS <emmanuel.dumas@free.fr> writes:
>
> Hi,
>
> >> This is correct.  Could you try this as well:
> >> settrans -acpg /dev/mouse /hurd/mouse --protocol=ps/2
> >
> > I have try it, but it's still broken
>
> Ok.
>
> >> Please report it if this gives you an error.  If so, please check if
> >> /hurd/mouse exists.
> >
> > /hurd/mouse exists
> >
> > but I have no error message with
> > settrans -acpg /dev/mouse /hurd/mouse --protocol=ps/2
> > settrans -acpg /dev/mouse /hurd/mouse --protocol=PS/2
> > settrans -acpg /dev/mouse /hurd/mouse --protocol=toto
> > settrans -acpg /dev/mouse /hurd/mouse --protocol=titi
> > settrans -acpg /dev/mouse /hurd/mouse --protocol=jkgkshfk
> >
> > is-it normal ?
>
> It should return an error when such arguments are used, that is not
> normal.  The ps/2 argument is.
>
> >> Do you have this in the InputDevice section?
> >
> > I have now in my XFConfig86 :
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> >     Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
> >     Driver          "mouse"
> >     Option          "CorePointer"
> >     Option          "Device"                "/dev/mouse"
> >     Option          "Protocol"              "osmouse"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "ServerLayout"
> >     Identifier      "Default Layout"
> >     Screen          "screen1"
> >     InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
> >     InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
> > EndSection
>
> What about changing that to:
>
>       InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"     "CorePointer"

nothing more, X start, but I can't move my pointer :(

>
> > But how to be sure that mouse device is ok without running XFree86 ?
>
> You can see a message in the log, if that is what you mean.
>
> > Is it any mouseTest program or any more tricks ?
>
> No.  The mouse support for GNU/Hurd should be redone some time.  Until
> that day the only thing you can use is the /hurd/mouse
> translator (which is unofficial and debian only).

I have not found yet source code of mouse translator, is-it in hurd source or 
is it an other package ?

Cordialement
Emmanuel