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diff --git a/en/appendix/files.xml b/en/appendix/files.xml index 8ee4b1e89..0f01b3d15 100644 --- a/en/appendix/files.xml +++ b/en/appendix/files.xml @@ -115,53 +115,68 @@ The most important device files are listed in the tables below. </para> - <sect2> -<title>Setting Up Your Mouse</title> - + <sect2 arch="not-s390" id="device-mouse"> + <title>Setting Up Your Mouse</title> <para> -The mouse can be used in both the Linux console (with gpm) and the X window -environment. The two uses can be made compatible if the gpm repeater is used -to allow the signal to flow to the X server as shown: - -<informalexample><screen> -mouse => /dev/psaux => gpm => /dev/gpmdata -> /dev/mouse => X - /dev/ttyS0 (repeater) (symlink) - /dev/ttyS1 -</screen></informalexample> - -Set the repeater protocol to be raw (in <filename>/etc/gpm.conf</filename>) while -setting X to the original mouse protocol in <filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config</filename> -or <filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</filename>. +The mouse can be used in both the Linux console (with gpm) and the X +window environment. Normally, this is a simple matter of installing +<filename>gpm</filename> and the X server itself. Both should be +configured to use <filename>/dev/input/mice</filename> as the mouse +device. The correct mouse protocol is named <userinput>exps2</userinput> +in gpm, and <userinput>ExplorerPS/2</userinput> in X. The respective +configuration files are <filename>/etc/gpm.conf</filename> and +<filename>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</filename>. </para><para> -This approach to use gpm even in X has advantages when the mouse is -unplugged inadvertently. Simply restarting gpm with - -<informalexample><screen> -# /etc/init.d/gpm restart -</screen></informalexample> - -will re-connect the mouse in software without restarting X. - -</para><para> +Certain kernel modules must be loaded in order for your mouse to work. +In most cases the correct modules are autodetected, but not always for +old-style serial and bus mice<footnote> -If gpm is disabled or not installed for some reason, make sure to set X to -read directly from a mouse device such as /dev/psaux. For details, refer -to the 3-Button Mouse mini-Howto at -<filename>/usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/mini/3-Button-Mouse.gz</filename>, -<userinput>man gpm</userinput>, -<filename>/usr/share/doc/gpm/FAQ.gz</filename>, and -<ulink url="&url-xorg;current/doc/html/mouse.html">README.mouse</ulink>. +<para> +Serial mice usually have a 9-hole D-shaped connector; bus mice have an +8-pin round connector, not to be confused with the 6-pin round connector +of a PS/2 mouse or the 4-pin round connector of an ADB mouse. +</para> -</para><para arch="powerpc"> +</footnote>, which are quite rare except on very old computers. Summary +of Linux kernel modules needed for different mouse types: + +<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><thead> +<row> + <entry>Module</entry> + <entry>Description</entry> +</row> +</thead><tbody> +<row> + <entry>psmouse</entry> + <entry>PS/2 mice (should be autodetected)</entry> +</row> +<row> + <entry>usbhid</entry> + <entry>USB mice (should be autodetected)</entry> +</row> +<row> + <entry>sermouse</entry> + <entry>Most serial mice</entry> +</row> +<row> + <entry>logibm</entry> + <entry>Bus mouse connected to Logitech adapter card</entry> +</row> +<row> + <entry>inport</entry> + <entry>Bus mouse connected to ATI or Microsoft InPort card</entry> +</row> +</tbody></tgroup></informaltable> -For PowerPC, in <filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config</filename> or -<filename>/etc/X11/XF86Config-4</filename>, set the mouse device to -<userinput>"/dev/input/mice"</userinput>. +To load a mouse driver module, you can use the <command>modconf</command> +command (from the package with the same name) and look in the category +<userinput>kernel/drivers/input/mouse</userinput>. </para><para arch="powerpc"> +<!-- FJP 20070122: Unsure if this is still valid --> Modern kernels give you the capability to emulate a three-button mouse when your mouse only has one button. Just add the following lines to |