Bug 27011 – Code Listing 2.10 Appears To Apply Only To USB Mice

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• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description Mark Hughes 2003-08-20 14:34:59 UTC]

Code Listing 2.10 Appears To Apply Only To USB Mice and the preceding sentence
are actually applicable to all mouse installs, not just USB mice.  (Sort of - I
don't think usbcore is needed for a ps/2 mouse.)  Unfortunately, because of the
way the document is formatted, this material seems only relevant to those
installing usb mice.  

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:  
A ps/2 mouse that doesn't scroll

Expected Results:  
Enable scrolling on a ps/2 mouse

I don't know whether it is better to put a new heading on this material or to
rewrite it for ps/2 specifically and put it at the end of the ps/2 section.

[Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-08-21 02:39:01 UTC]

The section is called "Configuring a USB Mouse". Information regarding PS/2 is the section before.

[Comment 2 Mark Hughes 2003-08-22 19:50:51 UTC]

The difficulty is that - I believe - at least one of the modules listed in 2.10 is required to make the scroll wheel on a non-usb mouse work.  (I may be wrong, but I followed the docs to the letter and ended up with a non-scrolling ps/2 mouse.  It was only after adding several of the modules listed in 2.10 that the scroll function started working.)

[Comment 3 SpanKY 2003-08-22 19:57:49 UTC]

they arent ... i use a ps2 scroll mouse on my box w/out any of those features built in or in module format ...

[Comment 4 SpanKY 2003-08-22 20:09:38 UTC]

bah, input/mousedev are ... then again, who makes those modules anyways :P 

[Comment 5 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-08-25 02:08:31 UTC]

So input/mousedev should be included regardless of used protocol?

[Comment 6 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-08-28 09:08:30 UTC]

Created attachment 16723 [details, diff]
Add a paragraph for the input/mousedev kernel stuff

Is this sufficient?

[Comment 7 Mark Hughes 2003-08-29 08:20:32 UTC]

I have tested this again, and I think I was just wrong.  I have done a new install on a new machine, and the scroll mouse works without the added modules.  Please accept my apologies for wasting your time.

[Comment 8 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-08-29 08:38:58 UTC]

Okay, invalidating. Thanks for the report.