IntelliMouse

[Timbo]

Hello all. I'm having problems getting my Microsoft IntelliMouse laser mouse (USB) to work when I recompile my kernel. Anyone know what options I have to select in Xconfig to make it work? Thank you much.

:confused: Timbo

[evulish]

A laser mouse? Sorry, but I kinda thought that was funny. It's an optical mouse, its a camera and a red light. No laser included. :)

*Sorry, no help was intended for this post...delete at your will...*

[Timbo]

Technicalities ;)

[bdg1983]

No usb devices myself, so all I can do is suggest you try http://www.linux-usb.org/ and see if they answer your question.

[evulish]

Or, if you have a PS/2 port, the Intellimouse comes with a ps/2 adapter...I think that'd be easier to use.

[teeitup]

Go here: http://www.xfree86.org/current/mouse.html

Read it, read it again.
Experiment
Read it some more.
Experiment some more.

You'll get it.

Good Luck,

[mcmanus69]

I have that mouse... just make sure you have the proper USB options enabled when you compile the kernel. (can't remember them off the top of my head)

[Timbo]

Nothing seems to be working so here are some specifics. I'm running RH 7.1, trying to recompile my kernel to include support for dos partitions among other things. I would like to keap my mouse in the USB if possible. It does work right now, but under the recompiled kernel, durring boot up, it trys to detect new hardware and ends up reporting that I have removed my generic USB mouse. I select leave as is, but startx fails since I don't have my mouse. I boot my old kernel and everything is fine again. I have tryed every option I can think of while configuring my kernel, including all controller types, and the HID modules, but nothing. There doesn't seem to be any otpions in charachter devices -> mice, and I thinking I'm going slightly blind from reading xconfig so much ;) Any help please?

[bdg1983]

This is just one from a search for Microsoft Intellimouse USB at Google. It does mention a couple of module that need to be loaded.


I have a M$ wheelmouse optical (not quite an intellimouse) and it works fine.
I'm pasting on the mouse section of xf86config file so you can see if it
helps. Mind you I dont have the 2 extra side buttons you have but there is
info on this in the web, try google search.

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "mouse"
Identifier "Mouse[1]"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "InputFashion" "Mouse"
Option "Name" "WHEEL MOUSE (PS/2)"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Vendor" "MICROSOFT"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Resolution" "1500"
EndSection

the "Resolution" "1500" makes the mouse more responsive, the option for the
wheelmouse is the "ZAxisMapping" entry. Good luck and lets know if you have
any.

Cheers, Curtis


On Friday 01 June 2001 04:45 pm, Brian Marr wrote:
> Suse 7.1 kernel 2.4.4 XF86 4.0.3
>
> Is anyone successfully using the Microsoft Intellimouse USB Optical
> under Suse?
>
> Mine is working ok in a terminal (ie F1-F6). Unfortunately, it fails
> to work in KDE. I have tried yast and sax2 to configure the mouse.
> XF86Config shows the protocol as auto, but after booting the Xserver
> says it cannot determine the protocol.
> Usb seems to be ok. I can do modprobe usbmouse and modprobe hid. One
> of the error messages shows "error getting string descriptor 0
> (error=-6). I think this is related to gpm -used for cutting and
> pasting between terminals. This seemed to work when I used it.
>
> Any suggestions appreciated
> The input section for XF86Config would be helpful -probably needs to
> be for XF86 4.0.3.