Jason Costomiris on Tue, 12 Dec 2000 15:57:50 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] Update: USB on 2.2.18


On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 09:36:04AM -0500, Michael Leone wrote:
: Actually, I compiled my USB support in directly, and not as modules.

Icky.  You're really better off with modules, particularly if you have a 
sudden hardware change.

: > 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.

It's just "how it's done".  Check out the other distributions that support
USB mice and see.

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