[vox-tech] Mouse problem with new laptop

[Trevor M. Lango]

Doctorcam wrote:
> I just purchased a Toshiba M30, which I'm trying to dual-boot. 
> 
> First problem:  I have X pretty much up and running, except for the
> mouse.  The trackpoint is dodgy, so I need to be able to use the USB
> mouse with it.  I have gone through several different approaches I
> found through Google, but nothing works, and so I think I'm missing
> something related that is not obvious.
> 
> This is the error message in XFree86.0.log:
> 
> (EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/mice
>         No such device
> 
> Permissions are 20666 for /dev/input/mice, which should work (as far
> as I know).
> 
> This is the relevant portion of XF86Config-4:
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier	    "USB Mouse"
> 	   Driver		    "mouse"
> 	   Option		    "CorePointer"
> 	   Option		    "Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
> 	   Option		    "Protocol"		"ImPS/2"
> 	   Option		    "Emulate3Buttons"	   "true"
> 	   Option		    "Emulate3Timeout"	   "70"
> 	   Option		    "ZAxisMapping"		   "4 5"
> 	   Option		    "SendCoreEvents"	   "true"
> EndSection
> 
> The ServerLayout section contains the line:
> 
>         InputDevice		"USB Mouse"  "SendCoreEvents"
> 
> I've tried any number of different combinations of device names with
> no success.
> 
> I'll entertain any ideas.
> 
> TIA
> 
> Cam
> 

/dev/input/event0 perhaps...?