[plug] usb mouse in debian

[Ryan]

I have found the instructions in {path to linux kernel 
source}/Documentation/usb/input.txt to be
rather useful even to the extent that it fixed all my problems ;)

Also check dmesg to see if the usb ports are finding any devices, or any 
ports for that matter!

<snip from input.txt>
2. Simple Usage
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   For the most usual configuration, with one USB mouse and one USB keyboard,
you'll have to load the following modules (or have them built in to the
kernel):

         input.o
         mousedev.o
         keybdev.o
         usbcore.o
         usb-[uo]hci.o
         hid.o

   After this, the USB keyboard will work straight away, and the USB mouse
will be available as a character device on major 13, minor 63:

         crw-r--r--   1 root     root      13,  63 Mar 28 22:45 mice

   This device, has to be created, unless you use devfs, in which case it's
created automatically. The commands to do that are:

         cd /dev
         mkdir input
         mknod input/mice c 13 63

   After that you have to point GPM (the textmode mouse cut&paste tool) and
XFree to this device to use it - GPM should be called like:

         gpm -t ps2 -m /dev/input/mice

   And in X:

         Section "Pointer"
             Protocol    "ImPS/2"
             Device      "/dev/input/mice"
             ZAxisMapping 4 5
         EndSection

   When you do all of the above, you can use your USB mouse and keyboard.
<snip from input.txt>

At 10:34 PM 02-06-01 +0800, you wrote:
>hey pplz
>i just installed a copy of debian 2.2r3, and tried to start x, it just hung,
>and when i looked at the crash stuff, it said no mouse detected, so i
>changed the settings, and set it to /dev/usbmouse (which i was told to do)
>and set the XF86Config to use USB interface, language to talk to the pointer
>device, and it said the protocol wasnt supported under my operationg system,
>yet it starts in startup, and works fine in any other usb enabled version of
>linux.
>
>if nayone has any suggestions, plz email me
>
>thanks
>brodie