>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Jeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jeff> I hope this is the right list. If not, tell me an i'll repost I have
Jeff> a laptop running RedHat 7.2. Often i attach an external USB wheel
Jeff> mouse. When it is attached, however, the touchpad is still active.
Jeff> How do I make the USB mouse (w/ wheel) active. It doesn't matter if
Jeff> the touchpad is also active.
Since you're running 7.2, you can try enigma-list; but maybe this will give
you a bit of a head-start. It's a couple snippets from my XF86Config-4; my
comments will look like [** this **]:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Anaconda Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "SendCoreEvents"
[** The ServerLayout section is just as the 7.2 installer wrote it, with
the exception of the additional line for Mouse1 **]
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
[** ... **]
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "AlwaysCore" "on"
EndSection
[** This InputDevice section is added just below the original section for
Mouse0; my understanding is that the Protocol, Device, and AlwaysCore
options are important **]
The strange this about this for me was that I first did this on a Vaio
PictureBook, and had to freshly boot the system in order for the mouse to
be recognized by X (restarting X alone didn't do it). I then bought a new
USB mouse for my desktop (replacing an old PS/2 unit), and making these
changes worked as soon as I restarted X -- no reboot needed.
However, one thing that I've not yet gotten to work properly is to be able
to simply plug/unplug the mouse and have everything work the way one would
think it should. I still need to do some research into this...
Ed
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