[OmniBook] Pop-up mouse on Omnibook 600c

[Grant Grundler]

On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 08:22:18PM -0200, Laerte Andrade wrote:
> DeLi uses kernel 2.2.26. I was wondering what the best way is to get
> the mouse working. I know I should probably compile the obmouse.c
> (nicely made available by Grunt Grundler -
> ftp://gsyprf10.external.hp.com/kernels/ob600/), but I don't have free
> space in the hard drive to install the kernel source. Does anyone know
> if there is an easier way to accomplish this?

Build the 2.4.26 (or later) kernel which has obmouse integrated
on a different x86 machine. Make sure the .config is for the
target (486/DX) CPU and not the host CPU.
Then "make modules_install INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/tmp" in order to "harvest"
the binary driver modules.

That's essentially how I build the "ob600-2.4.20.tgz" kernel+modules
tar balls that are parked on gsyprf10.

If I have time, I'll rebuild the latest official 2.4.X I find
on kernel.org and post the bits on gsyprf10...pub/kernels/ob600/
along side the existing ones.


> Anyway, if the source is the only solution, do I need to compile it in
> a system with a 2.2.26 kernel, and with the same version of gcc
> (2.9.something, I think)?

Yes.

> Is it possible to make a obmouse.o in my Ubuntu desktop system?

Yes - using the same method I describe above.
I use my ob500 (750Mhz P3) to build kernels for the OB600CT.

> And another question (the last one!) - should I use obmouse.c 0.6 or
> 0.7? I was thinking maybe 0.7 only works with a 2.4 kernel.

I don't expect either obmouse version to build under 2.2.
I stopped messing 2.2 kernels after initial developement.
That's the first reason to move to a 2.4 kernel.

2.4 kernels have decent backwards compatibility, work fine
on ob600 laptops, and have lots of technical advantages over 2.2.

hth,
grant

> Thanks in advance.
> 
> --
> Laerte Andrade
> e-mail: maclaine.1138 at gmail.com
> 
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