[ILUG] Intellimouse Explorer

From: Liam Bedford (lbedford at domain wbtsystems.com)
Date: Mon 11 Oct 1999 - 16:22:23 IST


Found one at lunch time (49.99 in Game)...

It's USB and PS/2... I decided to mess around with the USB connector...

Redhat 6.1... I built 2.3.20 with USB support as a module, and installed
the kernel and rebooted.

I then did
insmod usbcore
insmod usb-uhci
insmod hub
insmod mouse
and suddenly, the mouse started glowing!

I then spent a few minutes hunting the usb howto, and found the magic
incantation
mknod /dev/usbmouse c 10 32

Changed /etc/X11/XF86Config to point to /dev/usbmouse instead
of /dev/mouse, with mouse type of IMPS/2, and restarted X...

it's happy!.. it's working.. I'm amazed.. that was relatively painless!

It's a big mouse, but I think I'm going to like it.. just have
to try quake III when I get home :)

L.

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Liam Bedford						System Administrator
WBT Systems, Block 2, Harcourt Centre, Harcourt St.	01-4170153
9 out of 10 orange cats prefer Mandrakes!


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