Re: [vox-tech] Multiple Mice in X

2004-10-05 Thread Hans W. Uhlig
nope, I got the laptop 3 months after the manufacturers warranty ended cause the customer couldnt get her hard drive and memory replaced and she didnt want to pay my bill for replacing, 500 for parts + 200 for labor, so she just dumped it. I had some spare parts which are working fine but now the m

Re: [vox-tech] Multiple Mice in X

2004-10-04 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
and dell won't take it back? pete On Mon 04 Oct 04, 10:48 AM, Hans W. Uhlig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Sigh, its a dell inspiron 8100, and the mouse isnt the > only thing near death. The video card gives me fits, > the memory had to be replaced and the hard drive was > bad. Worst part, its only

Re: [vox-tech] Multiple Mice in X

2004-10-04 Thread Hans W. Uhlig
Sigh, its a dell inspiron 8100, and the mouse isnt the only thing near death. The video card gives me fits, the memory had to be replaced and the hard drive was bad. Worst part, its only a year and a half old. --- Luke Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm... what kind of laptop (make and mod

Re: [vox-tech] Multiple Mice in X

2004-10-04 Thread Luke Crawford
Hmm... what kind of laptop (make and model) I have a whole bunch of laptop keyboard/trackpoint assemblies (mostly for older ThinkPads) Failing that, your best bet, I think, would be to either try an external ps/2 mouse, or set the x mouse to 'sysmouse' and mess with it using moused on the com

Re: [vox-tech] Multiple Mice in X

2004-10-04 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
On Mon 04 Oct 04, 8:52 AM, Ken Bloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:21:54 -0400 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Jay Salzman) wrote: > > > On Mon 04 Oct 04, 8:13 AM, Hans W. Uhlig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > Ok Ive got a laptop with bad mice and I need to be > > > able to swap o

Re: [vox-tech] Multiple Mice in X

2004-10-04 Thread Ken Bloom
On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:21:54 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Jay Salzman) wrote: > On Mon 04 Oct 04, 8:13 AM, Hans W. Uhlig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Ok Ive got a laptop with bad mice and I need to be > > able to swap out to an external usb mouse. X doesent > > want to see it without me booting

Re: [vox-tech] Multiple Mice in X

2004-10-04 Thread Bryan Richter
First, people will probably need your config file. Hans W. Uhlig wrote: > Ok Ive got a laptop with bad mice and I need to be able to swap out to an > external usb mouse. X doesent want to see it without me booting with it in and > then the internal mouse go haywire(They still work on occasion but

Re: [vox-tech] Multiple Mice in X

2004-10-04 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
On Mon 04 Oct 04, 8:13 AM, Hans W. Uhlig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Ok Ive got a laptop with bad mice and I need to be > able to swap out to an external usb mouse. X doesent > want to see it without me booting with it in this can't be correct. X will work perfectly even with no mouse. the key

[vox-tech] Multiple Mice in X

2004-10-04 Thread Hans W. Uhlig
Ok Ive got a laptop with bad mice and I need to be able to swap out to an external usb mouse. X doesent want to see it without me booting with it in and then the internal mouse go haywire(They still work on occasion but they are dyeing.) how can I turn off one mouse and turn on another in X. Ive be