Mouse Support in XFree86 : Mouse Gallery : MS Intellimouse Explorer (PS/2, USB)
Previous: MS IntelliMouse (serial, PS/2)
Next: Kensington Thinking Mouse (serial, PS/2)

6.2. MS Intellimouse Explorer (PS/2, USB)

This mouse has an optical sensor which produces a nifty red glowing under it. It has 5 buttons and a wheel, and comes with an adaptor to be used as either PS/2 or USB.

To use this mouse as the PS/2 device and the OS supports PS/2 mouse initialization:

	Protocol "IMPS/2"
	Device   "/dev/xxxx"  (where xxxx is the PS/2 mouse device)

To use this mouse as the PS/2 device but the OS does not support PS/2 mouse initialization (the wheel won't work in this case):

	Protocol "PS/2"
	Device   "/dev/xxxx"  (where xxxx is the PS/2 mouse device)

To use this mouse as the PS/2 device and the OS supports automatic PS/2 mouse detection:

	Protocol "Auto"
	Device   "/dev/xxxx"  (where xxxx is the PS/2 mouse device)

To use this mouse as the USB device and the OS supports the generic HID protocol:

	Protocol "usb"
	Device   "/dev/uhidx" (where x is the USB device number)

To use this mouse as the USB device and the OS supports automatic mouse detection:

	Protocol "Auto"
	Device   "/dev/xxxx"  (where xxxx is the USB mouse device)


Mouse Support in XFree86 : Mouse Gallery : MS Intellimouse Explorer (PS/2, USB)
Previous: MS IntelliMouse (serial, PS/2)
Next: Kensington Thinking Mouse (serial, PS/2)