Michael Leone on Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:47:42 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] Update: USB on 2.2.18


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Costomiris" <jcostom@jasons.org>
To: <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Update: USB on 2.2.18


> On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 08:50:21AM +0500, Mike Leone wrote:
> : OK; here's an quick overview and update on my USB adventures ...
>
> For those of you who don't use RH 7.0, here's the content of the
/dev/input
> directory.  It has the USB device nodes for mice, keyboards, serial ports
> and joysticks.  Of course, that doesn't include scanners, etc., but it's
> a start.  A word of advice: when referring to a USB mouse, load these
modules:

Actually, I compiled my USB support in directly, and not as modules.

> Then reference your mouse as /dev/input/mice (c 13 63).  That device is
> really the "summation" of all USB mice.  Yes, you can plug in several USB
> mice and have them all work at the same time.

Why, tho? Who needs multiple mice on 1 machine? It's not like you can use
more than one at a time.




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