[gentoo-user] gpm (X11): touchpad OR usb-mouse?

2006-04-11 Thread Jarry
Hi, I have following problem: with my notebook I am mostly using usb-mouse, but sometimes I'm too lazy to pull it out of bag (or I forget to take it), and in such a case I must use Synaptics Touchpad. Both of them work with gpm (in console), problem is that when mouse is attached, I can move

Re: [gentoo-user] gpm (X11): touchpad OR usb-mouse?

2006-04-11 Thread Hans-Werner Hilse
Hi, On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:55:46 +0200 Jarry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to configure gpm so, that if usb-mouse is attached, then only mouse can be used as pointing device? You may try to use udev for that. It can call scripts when devices are plugged in and out or just present at

Re: [gentoo-user] gpm (X11): touchpad OR usb-mouse?

2006-04-11 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 4/11/06, Hans-Werner Hilse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:55:46 +0200 Jarry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to configure gpm so, that if usb-mouse is attached, then only mouse can be used as pointing device? You may try to use udev for that. It can call

Re: [gentoo-user] gpm (X11): touchpad OR usb-mouse?

2006-04-11 Thread Daniel da Veiga
wowowow, sorry, misunderstood the GDM, GPM difference... Ignore the last message On 4/11/06, Daniel da Veiga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/11/06, Hans-Werner Hilse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:55:46 +0200 Jarry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible

Re: [gentoo-user] gpm (X11): touchpad OR usb-mouse?

2006-04-11 Thread Richard Fish
On 4/11/06, Hans-Werner Hilse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry, I can't go much into practical details, I've no use for this, personally :-) For X11, this can also work, if you use the synaptics driver in X, since you can have your rule call syn-client to modify the TouchpadOff setting. HTH,

Re: [gentoo-user] gpm (X11): touchpad OR usb-mouse?

2006-04-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Tue, 2006-04-11 at 21:55 +0200, Jarry wrote: Hi, I have following problem: with my notebook I am mostly using usb-mouse, but sometimes I'm too lazy to pull it out of bag (or I forget to take it), and in such a case I must use Synaptics Touchpad. Is it possible to configure gpm so, that

Re: [gentoo-user] gpm (X11): touchpad OR usb-mouse?

2006-04-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:47:42 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: I don't know how to do this automatically, nor how to make X use a different mouse without restarting... Would a symlink help here? Link the touchpad to, say, dev/input/mymouse then override this link with one to the USB mouse when it is

Re: [gentoo-user] gpm (X11): touchpad OR usb-mouse?

2006-04-11 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 00:42 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:47:42 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: I don't know how to do this automatically, nor how to make X use a different mouse without restarting... Would a symlink help here? Link the touchpad to, say,