MDK9.1 deletes /dev/adbmouse on ibook2/ppc

[SteveT]

I'm running Mandrake 9.1 on an ibook2 (500Mhz). After running Mandrake
Control Center's (mcc) mouse configuration tool to try to optimize the
built in trackpad mouse, the mouse quit working; gpm quit immediately, X
quit after X server restart. After checking some files in /etc and
/dev, I determined that the device file for my mouse, /dev/adbmouse had
been deleted. (Also /dev/mouse is a broken link to /dev/adbmouse).

After consulting /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt, I found that
/dev/adbmouse is a character device with major,minor 10,10. I used mknod
to make this file again. But after I restarted gpm and X (via
"/etc/init.d/gpm|dm restart") the mouse would not work. After I reboot
the system /dev/adbmouse is once again missing. This problem was first
created after running mcc. I suspect that devfs/devfsd may not be
opperating properly, but I am getting in over my head and don't know
where to go next. If you need more information than is provided below
please let me know.

The contents of /etc/sysconfig/mouse is:
MOUSETYPE=Busmouse
XMOUSETYPE=BusMouse
FULLNAME="busmouse|1 button"
XEMU3=yes
WHEEL=no
device=adbmouse

A few exerpts from dmesg let me know if I should post the unabriged
dmesg.
input0: Macintosh mouse button emulation
adb: starting probe task...
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
adb devices: [2]: 2 c3 [3]: 3 1 [7]: 7 1f
ADB keyboard at 2, handler 1
Detected ADB keyboard, type ANSI.
input1: ADB HID on ID 2:2.c3
input2: ADB HID on ID 7:7.1f
ADB mouse at 3, handler set to 4 (trackpad)
input3: ADB HID on ID 3:3.01
adb: finished probe task...

Thanks in advance
Steve

[Axel Hammerschmidt]

Post by SteveT
MOUSETYPE=Busmouse
XMOUSETYPE=BusMouse
FULLNAME="busmouse|1 button"
XEMU3=yes
WHEEL=no
device=adbmouse

I've recently installed Mandrake 9.1 (GPL version) here on a stock
standard beige G3 Gossamer (not the standard cdrom drive, the original
drive suffered from a firmware bug) with an ADB keyboard and -mouse, and
with the MDK installer suggested usb mouse device. Here are the contents
of the /etc/sysconfig/mouse

MOUSETYPE=ps/2
XMOUSETYPE=IMPS/2
FULLNAME="USB|1 button"
XEMU3=yes
WHEEL=no
device=usbmouse

Right and middle mouce buttons were set up to be F12 and F11 during the
install. F12 works OK. Don't know about F11


Cheers

Axel