[TriLUG] Device Drivers

Mike M linux-support at earthlink.net
Thu Jan 30 08:08:49 EST 2003


On Thursday 30 January 2003 01:54, Bryan Burroughs wrote:
> Jon,
>     K, i didn't wanna look like I was peddling for drivers, yikes!
>  Specifically, I'm looking for Cordless Optical MouseMan Wheel drivers,
> which is essentially the same as the corded version.  I don't care about
> battery life info, since I now have rechargables.  RH claims to support
> a 3-buttoned USB wheelmouse made by Logitech, but that is 1) on the USB
> port, and my KVM necessitates a PS2, and 2) this baby is 4-buttoned,
> technically.  Again, thx for the help to all.
>     Bryan Burroughs

Did Googling on something like "linux ps2 mouse driver 4 button" not help?  

With enough dilegence you'' eventually find a driver writer hanging out on 
some list. I doubt that you'll need to get that far.   
>
> Jon Carnes wrote:
> >There are many good sites to look at for device drivers.  You should let
> > us know what device drivers specifically you are having trouble locating
> > - then we can be more helpful
> >
> >As to your other question, type in:
> >  set
> >You will see a variable called PATH.  The directories in this variable
> >control where and in what order your machine does searches.  If you are
> >running bash a bash shell, you can modify it by typing in something like:
> >  PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/home/Bryan/bin
> >
> >Enjoy!
> >----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Bryan Burroughs" <beburrou at unity.ncsu.edu>
>
> >To: <trilug at trilug.org>
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 9:35 PM
> >Subject: [TriLUG] Device Drivers
> >
> >>Howdy All,
> >>    Anyone know of any good websites to use to go driver searching?  I'm
> >>using fairly common place stuff, but websearches are pointless.  Also,
> >>I'm interested in setting up something similar to window's PATH, only in
> >>linux.  Could someone please point me to resources covering this?
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >>    Bryan Burroughs
> >>
> >>--
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> >>-- Garth Brooks
> >>
> >>
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Mike M.



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