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by **Jeremy L. Buchman** » Mon, 03 May 1999 04:00:00

I was thinking about getting a mouse to use on my PowerBook instead of
using the trackpad. Does anyone know if Linux supports the Apple Desktop
Bus (ADB)? I found this line in my startup...is this it?

adb devices: [2]: 2 c3 [3]: 3 1 [7]: 7 1f

TIA
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by **Boris Ze** » Wed, 05 May 1999 04:00:00

Quote:> I was thinking about getting a mouse to use on my PowerBook instead of
> using the trackpad. Does anyone know if Linux supports the Apple Desktop
> Bus (ADB)? I found this line in my startup...is this it?

LinuxPPC does of course support the ADB. Otherwise you couldn't use it
on desktop Macs.

If your question is: does Linux support the ADB _on PowerBooks_ than my
answer is yes (at least on my PB G3 Series). BTW, the built-in keyboard
and trackpad are also ADB devices. I would recommend the original Apple
mice because the are supported. I once attached an Kensington mouse to
my PMac 7600 and MKLInux did not recognize it.

Ciao
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by **Louis Kowolowsk** » Wed, 05 May 1999 04:00:00

> If your question is: does Linux support the ADB _on PowerBooks_ than my
> answer is yes (at least on my PB G3 Series). BTW, the built-in keyboard
> and trackpad are also ADB devices. I would recommend the original Apple
> mice because the are supported. I once attached an Kensington mouse to
> my PMac 7600 and MKLInux did not recognize it.

I believe that the 4 button kensington thinking mice are supported.

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by **Sherman Wilco** » Wed, 05 May 1999 04:00:00

> I would recommend the original Apple
> mice because the are supported. I once attached an Kensington mouse to
> my PMac 7600 and MKLInux did not recognize it.

Don't know about a 7600, but the Kensington mouse I have attached to my PB
G3 is recognized just fine with LinuxPPC.

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by **Mike Zula** » Wed, 05 May 1999 04:00:00

> I would recommend the original Apple
> mice because the are supported. I once attached an Kensington mouse to
> my PMac 7600 and MKLInux did not recognize it.

What kernel/server pair are you using? DR3 didn't recognize many types of
3 button mice, but the newer Generic series recognize and utilize many
mice correctly.

Mike

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by **Boris Ze** » Thu, 06 May 1999 04:00:00

> > I would recommend the original Apple
> > mice because the are supported. I once attached an Kensington mouse to
> > my PMac 7600 and MKLInux did not recognize it.

> What kernel/server pair are you using? DR3 didn't recognize many types of
> 3 button mice, but the newer Generic series recognize and utilize many
> mice correctly.

It has been sometime ago (maybe a year or so). You are right, IMHO it
was MKLinux DR3. It's no longer a "problem" for me because I switched
from Desktop to Notebook and from MkLinux to LinuxPPC. ;-)

Ciao
Boris

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