Originally Posted by migs

Please keep us updated!!!

A mouse would be perfect for Nokia Tablets.

Originally Posted by qole

Thanks migs, frustratingly searches for "usb mouse" lead to this thread instead of to the wiki article, so I wanted to get a summary that would help people get the stuff they needed. Your link to the wiki will help even more...

I am trying to use the mouse in Easy Debian, in LXDE. It mostly works, but there are two problems that make it unusable in practice. (1) The screen keeps dimming when typing or using the mouse, I have to keep tapping the screen, and (2) The mouse doesn't work for cut and paste, if I try to highlight a word with the mouse, it starts putting "qqqqqq" into the text.

Originally Posted by Benson

Here's a script; plug the mouse in, run this:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
killall evrouter mouse_poll
rm /tmp/.evrouter\:0.0
for devfile in /dev/input/event*; do
  sudo /bin/chmod a+r $devfile
done 
mouse_poll `evrouter /dev/input/event* |head -6 | grep Mouse| cut -d: -f2`&
while [ "x`grep Mouse  /proc/bus/input/devices`" != x ]; do
  sleep 10
done
killall evrouter mouse_poll

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:

Code:

user ALL = NOPASSWD: /bin/chmod a+r /dev/input/event*

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:

Code:

[Icon Theme]
#Inherits=xcursor-transparent

Then reboot, for it to take effect.