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* [gentoo-user] OT - New USB trackball; how to use?
@ 2008-03-15  1:10 Michael Sullivan
  2008-03-15  1:17 ` Chris Brennan
  2008-03-15  1:18 ` Dan Farrell
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Michael Sullivan @ 2008-03-15  1:10 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

I got a new USB trackball today.  When I plug it into the computer, this
shows up in dmesg:

input: Logitech USB Trackball as /class/input/input6
input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Trackball] on
usb-0000:00:1d.0-1

How would I configure my computer so that I could use this device?

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* Re: [gentoo-user] OT - New USB trackball; how to use?
  2008-03-15  1:10 [gentoo-user] OT - New USB trackball; how to use? Michael Sullivan
@ 2008-03-15  1:17 ` Chris Brennan
  2008-03-15  1:18 ` Dan Farrell
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Chris Brennan @ 2008-03-15  1:17 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

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just tell gpm/X to use /dev/input/mice (this is most typicly the default
~ device name/location for USB mice ... all 3 of my USB mice have used
the same name/location ... and none were the same make.

Michael Sullivan wrote:
| I got a new USB trackball today.  When I plug it into the computer, this
| shows up in dmesg:
|
| input: Logitech USB Trackball as /class/input/input6
| input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Trackball] on
| usb-0000:00:1d.0-1
|
| How would I configure my computer so that I could use this device?
|
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* Re: [gentoo-user] OT - New USB trackball; how to use?
  2008-03-15  1:10 [gentoo-user] OT - New USB trackball; how to use? Michael Sullivan
  2008-03-15  1:17 ` Chris Brennan
@ 2008-03-15  1:18 ` Dan Farrell
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Dan Farrell @ 2008-03-15  1:18 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:10:54 -0500
Michael Sullivan <michael@espersunited.com> wrote:

> I got a new USB trackball today.  When I plug it into the computer,
> this shows up in dmesg:
> 
> input: Logitech USB Trackball as /class/input/input6
> input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Trackball] on
> usb-0000:00:1d.0-1
> 
> How would I configure my computer so that I could use this device?
> 

hmm.  no configuration should be necessary.  try to cat /dev/input/mice
and see if things come up when you move the trackball.  If so, make
sure X is using /dev/input/mice and not /dev/input/mouseX. 

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