This document is a guide to getting your busmouse working with Linux. With the more advanced distributions available today setting up your busmouse is generally easy but when you do run into problems this document will help give you a better understanding of how to manually setup your busmouse hardware and software.
Busmouse support has been in the kernel for as long as I can remember, and hasn't changed much in a long time, so this document should be relevant to any version of Linux you're likely to have.
The information in this document is correct to the best of my knowledge, but there's a always a chance I've made some mistakes, so don't follow everything too blindly, especially if it seems wrong. Nothing here should have a detrimental effect on your computer, but just in case I take no responsibility for any damages incurred from the use of the information contained herein.
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If you find any mistakes in this document, have any comments about its contents or an update or addition, send them to me at the address listed at the top of this howto.
This howto has been, in the spirit of Linux, a community effort.
Thanks goes out to Mike Battersby, mib@deakin.edu.au as he
started this FAQ. Any errors are most likely added by me.
Many thanks go to Johan Myreen for the sections on the PS/2 mice, Robert T. Harris for help on the ATI-XL sections and Reuben Sumner for miscellaneous info and constructive criticism.
Thanks also to the multitudes of people who have sent me mouse information, fixes or words of encouragement.