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Hello,

I am trying to get Redhat 5.0's 2.0.31 kernel to recognize my logitec
busmouse.  Here's the deal (it's an old machine that I've been charged
with setting up):

    there is a special card on the machine for the mouse
    the mouse reads "Logitec Mouseman - Deluxe Bus"

If I set it up as a logitec busmouse ... gpm complains that /dev/mouse
is busy and X won't even load.

I am using a MS serial mouse for the time being.  But I really would
like to use my logitec.

Thanks,

DT
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Quote:> Hello,

> I am trying to get Redhat 5.0's 2.0.31 kernel to recognize my logitec
> busmouse.  Here's the deal (it's an old machine that I've been charged
> with setting up):

>     there is a special card on the machine for the mouse
>     the mouse reads "Logitec Mouseman - Deluxe Bus"

> If I set it up as a logitec busmouse ... gpm complains that /dev/mouse
> is busy and X won't even load.

> I am using a MS serial mouse for the time being.  But I really would
> like to use my logitec.

What IRQ are you using for the busmouse?  If it's set to 5, then it should
work "out of the box."  If not, you'll need to modify
/usr/src/linux/include/busmouse.h
and change the IRQ to whatever you are actually using.

Note, if you are using IRQ 2, set the IRQ to 9 in the busmouse.h file.

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Hugh McCurdy

Quote:>Hello,

>I am trying to get Redhat 5.0's 2.0.31 kernel to recognize my logitec
>busmouse.  Here's the deal (it's an old machine that I've been charged
>with setting up):

>    there is a special card on the machine for the mouse
>    the mouse reads "Logitec Mouseman - Deluxe Bus"

Then you need to make a link from the busmouse dev to /dev/mouse check in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation

their is a Busmouse howto.

For reference the current logitech 'buhs'mouse is nothing more that a PNP
serial card and a serial mouse.  Which ticked me off plenty.

Quote:>If I set it up as a logitec busmouse ... gpm complains that /dev/mouse
>is busy and X won't even load.
>I am using a MS serial mouse for the time being.  But I really would
>like to use my logitec.

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  I missed the  original post, but I have a Logitech "Mouseman, Bus", which
I presume is a little older than your "Deluxe Bus" model. I never had any
problem compiling the kernel as was described below (at least I think that's
all I did last year. I can remember vaguely having to look up interrupts and
such-like to get the beastie to work with Slackware a couple of years ago).
When it came to running gpm I use "gpm -t bm", it has to do with the mouse
protocol. I believe it may be that most Logitech bus mice actually use the
Microsoft bus mouse protocol. This is not to be confused with the hardware
interface that the kernel compiles. I remember having some pretty weird
problems with gpm using the logitech option until I hit on the above
solution. It may be that there is nothing wrong with your kernel as is.

Anyways, this is what is in my .config file in /usr/src/linux (Redhat 4.0):
(Ie. the responses to the 'make' prompts.)

#
# Character devices
#
CONFIG_SERIAL=m
# CONFIG_DIGI is not set
# CONFIG_CYCLADES is not set
# CONFIG_STALDRV is not set
# CONFIG_RISCOM8 is not set
CONFIG_PRINTER=m
CONFIG_MOUSE=y
# CONFIG_ATIXL_BUSMOUSE is not set
CONFIG_BUSMOUSE=y
# CONFIG_MS_BUSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_PSMOUSE is not set
# CONFIG_UMISC is not set
# CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set
CONFIG_FTAPE=m
# CONFIG_APM is not set
# CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set
# CONFIG_RTC is not set

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