Re: event mouse in linux

Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 18:07:29 +0100
From: Andrea Mazzoleni <[email protected]>
To:  advancemame-users-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [advancemame-users] event mouse in linux

Darren Thompson wrote:
> I am having trouble using the event mouse in linux.  I was using the raw
> mouse but it acted up occassionaly so I was told to try event.  I am using
> advmame 87 and gentoo linux 2.6.5  I have the event interface in the
kernel
> and have 3 mice in /dev/input/  (event0, event1, event2)  My user has
> permissions on these and when I cat /dev/input/event0 it is working.
> However when I:
> advm -device_mouse event
> I get the error:
> Unable to initialize the mouse driver.  The errors are:
> event: No mouse found.

>Which mouse type do you have ? USB ? Serial ? PS2 ?

>For Serial/PS2 mouse you must use the `inputattach' system utility to
>attach the serial line at the event interface. Generally this utility is
>available in the joystick calibration package of your distribution. In
>this case it's probably simpler to use the `raw' mouse driver.

>Try also running advm with the -log option and send to me the resulting
>log file "advm.log"

They are all usb mice.  I will use the -log option and send the file your
way.

thanks!







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