Re: Talk to mouse || ID a mouse

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

I may have fixed it.

I had to press 4 buttons, and hold them for several  minutes.

To turn it on, pull widget down, or towards me.

I had 2 mouses running at the same time. COOOOOL :-)

On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 8:03 PM Mike Pumford <mpumford%mudcovered.org.uk@localhost> wrote:
>
> On 15/07/2023 09:30, Todd Gruhn wrote:
> > UUUUUH KAY.
> >
> >
> > Found this:
> >
> >      port 7 addr 9: full speed, power 98 mA, config 1, USB
> > Receiver(0xc52b), Logitech(0x046d), rev 12.11(0x1211)
> >      port 8 powered
> >      port 9 powered
> >      port 10 powered
> >      port 11 addr 10: full speed, power 98 mA, config 1, USB
> > Receiver(0xc52b), Logitech(0x046d), rev 12.03(0x1203)
> >      port 12 powered
> >
> Unless its very unusual you should have ended up with something like
> this in your dmesg:
>
> [ 1631769.331114] uhidev1: Logitech (0x046d) USB Receiver (0xc534), rev
> 2.00/29.01, addr 17, iclass 3/1
> [ 1631769.334114] uhidev1: 17 report ids
> [ 1631769.334114] ums0 at uhidev1 reportid 2: 16 buttons, W and Z dirs
> [ 1631769.334114] wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0
>
> You can also do:
> usbdevs -vd
> Which will give you the output above and should also list the device
> drivers attached by the OS (usbhid hopefully).
>
>  From memory you can reference a specific mouse as /dev/wsmouse0 or
> /dev/wsmouse1 but there is also a /dev/wsmouse that merges all the mouse
> inputs together. /dev/wsmouse is normally what the X server references
> which allows you to use any mouse on the system.
>
> I'd be astonished if this didn't just work assuming you have USB HID
> support compiled into your kernel (its in GENERIC and has been for
> years). Most USB mice are of this type (wired and wireless) as it means
> they work out of the box on pretty much every operating system under the
> sun.
>
> Other things to check:
>
> 1. Is the mouse turned on? (they usually have a sneaky power switch on
> the underside).
> 2. Is the battery inside the mouse okay?
>
>  From a quick check with mine I still get the ums device even with the
> mouse turned off but obviously it doesn't make the pointer move.
>
> Mike
>
>