ah knows that! - have actually set the dual purpose port in the bios to
ps/2 (other choice is USB, didnt want to dismantle the machine to change to
a usb connector at the time, have had no reason to since as it works well)
- this info was provided for background.  The important point as the orig
message says is that usb modules are available in 2.2.16, so probably
patching the kernel is not necessary unless there are some oddball
requirements - I am not at my Linux machine to look but I am sure there is
a howto/doc somewhere that will describe modular usb support.

> If you are using the ps2/usb adaptor on your intellieye, you are using it
as
> a ps2 mouse, not USB. These adaptors convert the USB mouse holus bolus
into
> a ps2 mouse as far as the PC is concerned. (I've use one before on a very
> ancient ps2 strictly USB incapable PC previously.
> 



