diff -ur ../gpm-1.18.1/configure.in ./configure.in
--- ../gpm-1.18.1/configure.in	Fri Nov 12 13:27:37 1999
+++ ./configure.in	Tue Mar 27 22:11:46 2001
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         lispdir='${datadir}/emacs/site-lisp'
 fi
 
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(syslog.h linux/joystick.h ncurses.h ncurses/curses.h curses.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(syslog.h linux/joystick.h linux/input.h ncurses.h ncurses/curses.h curses.h)
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(curses,
 [  --without-curses        disable curses support even if curses found])
diff -ur ../gpm-1.18.1/mice.c ./mice.c
--- ../gpm-1.18.1/mice.c	Fri Nov 12 13:27:37 1999
+++ ./mice.c	Tue Mar 27 22:11:23 2001
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
 #include <linux/joystick.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LINUX_INPUT_H
+#include <linux/input.h>
+#endif /* HAVE_LINUX_INPUT_H */
 
 #include "gpmInt.h"
 #include "twiddler.h"
@@ -948,6 +951,42 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LINUX_INPUT_H
+static int
+M_evdev (Gpm_Event * state, unsigned char *data)
+{
+  struct input_event thisevent;
+  (void) memcpy (&thisevent, data, sizeof (struct input_event));
+  if (thisevent.type == EV_REL)
+    {
+      if (thisevent.code == REL_X)
+	state->dx = (signed char) thisevent.value;
+      else if (thisevent.code == REL_Y)
+	state->dy = (signed char) thisevent.value;
+    }
+  else if (thisevent.type == EV_KEY)
+    {
+      if (thisevent.code == BTN_LEFT)
+	{
+	  state->buttons ^= GPM_B_LEFT;
+	}
+      else if (thisevent.code == BTN_MIDDLE)
+	{
+	  state->buttons ^= GPM_B_MIDDLE;
+	}
+      else if (thisevent.code == BTN_RIGHT)
+	{
+	  state->buttons ^= GPM_B_RIGHT;
+	}
+      else if (thisevent.code == BTN_SIDE)
+	{
+	  state->buttons ^= GPM_B_MIDDLE;
+	}
+    }
+  return 0;
+}
+#endif /* HAVE_LINUX_INPUT_H */
+
 /*========================================================================*/
 /* Then, mice should be initialized */
 
@@ -1406,6 +1445,14 @@
   return type;
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LINUX_INPUT_H
+static Gpm_Type *
+I_evdev (int fd, unsigned short flags, struct Gpm_Type *type)
+{
+  return type;
+}
+#endif /* HAVE_LINUX_INPUT_H */
+
 /*========================================================================*/
 /* Finally, the table */
 #define STD_FLG (CREAD|CLOCAL|HUPCL)
@@ -1532,6 +1579,14 @@
   {"wp",      "Genius WizardPad tablet",
            "wizardpad", M_wp, I_wp, STD_FLG,
                                 {0xFA, 0x42, 0x00, 0x00}, 10, 1, 0, 1, 0},
+
+#ifdef HAVE_LINUX_INPUT_H
+  {"evdev", "Linux Event Device",
+   "", M_evdev, I_evdev, STD_FLG,
+   {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}
+   , 16, 16, 0, 0, NULL}
+  ,
+#endif /* HAVE_LINUX_INPUT_H */
 
   {"",     "",
            "", NULL, NULL, 0,