I think you'll need a full scratchbox VM running on your PC to compile it.

can someone post a tutorial?

ok, so no compiling on the tablet, o well... thanks

Sure you can! Just install libc-dev (points to libc6-dev) and libx11-dev (also pulls in other related packages, like x11proto-core-dev). Then it compiles on the tablet, just like one would expect.

I tested this on my N810 and could compile mouse_poll.c without warnings. It runs but I don't have a mouse+cable to test it any further.

I am looking for a way to get "mouse over" functionality for web surfing. (most of the sites I surf use that action to display content.) Is this thread talking about a way that would allow a quick-tap of the stylus to trigger a mouse-over event? OR do I need a physical mouse connected via the USB cable? <- which would be really cool too.

Are there alternative methods for achieving a "mouse over"?

I am using a N800, upgraded to OS2008.

There is a couple of ways to make the cursor visible,
1--- In /usr/share/icons/xcursor-transperent/cursors/
replace the appropriate one with a non transparent one. I think X_cursor is the one to replace but thats a guess.
2--- Install a new cursor theme and edit /usr/share/user-icons/default/index.theme

Thanks for the tip, most of it worked... but now i have one error that says undefined reference to XOpenDisplay. Do i need another package for that?

Edit: Looks like it compiled somehow, maybe a typo or something. I had to manually move the output file to /usr/X11R6/bin to get it to work. too bad it doesn't work (well) with quake 2...

Seems like you need to install libxt-dev (whence XOpenDisplay) and libxtst-dev to get evrouter to configure. Then it makes and installs cleanly.

Anyone have a sample evrouter config file? Oh, well, I'll try to hash something together...

Got it working, but it doesn't work in xterm, odd...

Works great in rdesktop, though.

This goes in .evrouterrc:
The last two lines are for the wheel; you might want to configure those as buttons 4/5 for apps that know about scroll mice, but I'm leaving the imwheel-esque mapping there for remote access. (As Windows apps don't see the wheel as buttons 4 and 5.)

Here's a script; plug the mouse in, run this:
It cleans things up, runs the mouse_poll and evrouter to transfer motion and clicks, respectively, and waits until the mouse is unplugged, then it exits. You could easily make it loop forever, restarting the programs when the mouse shows back up, but I'm leaving it manually started for the moment.

You'll need to add /bin/chmod a+r /dev/input/event* in sudoers, like:You'll also need evrouter and mouse_poll themselves; source for both was linked early in this thread, but I'm going to attach binaries. I don't know that they will work; they may need libraries not installed by default. If anyone gets them to work, please reply here. They are reported to work, so have at it.

If you build from source, apt-get install:

• gcc
• make
• libc-dev
• libx11-dev
• libxt-dev
• libxtst-dev

Install the binaries somewhere on the path / make the path point to the binaries.

Making the cursor visible is easy; install an alternate theme, or use the fallback non-themed cursors by commenting the line in /home/user/.icons/default/index.theme:Then reboot, for it to take effect.