<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Mouse Protocols</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.63 "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Second Mouse in X mini-HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Copyright and License" HREF="copyright.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="XFree 3.x" HREF="xfree3.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECTION" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Second Mouse in X mini-HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="copyright.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="xfree3.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECTION" ><H1 CLASS="SECTION" ><A NAME="PROTOCOL" >3. Mouse Protocols</A ></H1 ><P >Two most important parameters in the <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >XF86Config</TT > file, ones that are crucial to the mouse working properly are the <EM >Protocol</EM > and <EM >Device</EM >.</P ><P >As far as <EM >Protocol</EM > is concerned, it seems that <EM >gpm</EM > uses compatible protocol names, so please look there for the detailed information. Here is the excerpt taken from the gpm info page (just the few most commont types): <DIV CLASS="TABLE" ><A NAME="AEN55" ></A ><P ><B >Table 1. Most Common Mouse Protocols in X</B ></P ><TABLE BORDER="1" CLASS="CALSTABLE" ><THEAD ><TR ><TH WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" >Protocol Name</TH ><TH WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" >Description</TH ></TR ></THEAD ><TBODY ><TR ><TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" >Microsoft</TD ><TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" >Standard Microsoft mice.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" >MouseSystems</TD ><TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" >This is the standard protocol for three-button serial devices.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" >MMSeries</TD ><TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" >Title says it all. This mouse decoder accepts standard serial options, although they should not be needed.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" >Logitech</TD ><TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" >This is the protocol used by old serial Logitech mice.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" >BusMouse</TD ><TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" >Some bus devices use this protocol, including those produced by Logitech.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" >PS/2</TD ><TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" >The protocol used by most busmice.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" >IMPS/2</TD ><TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" >"IntelliMouse" on the ps/2 port. <EM >Also works with USB mice</EM ></TD ></TR ></TBODY ></TABLE ></DIV ></P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="copyright.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="xfree3.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Copyright and License</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >XFree 3.x</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >