On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 18:53, Tucker, David wrote: > Well, the mouse I have is a PS2, not USB, so both devices will bind to > /dev/psaux. So I don't think this will work. (I did try is anyway and it > doesn't) I don't know of anyway to have two protocols on the same device, > so I think I'm out-o-luck. > Thanks anyway for the suggestion. >
I'd say bite the bullet and get a usb mouse. I'll sell you an optical logitech for 13 dollars. Or get one from www.newegg.com or something. Michael > dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael L Torrie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 1:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [uug] laptop mouse woes > > > Basically, you'll want to set up two input device sections. One mouse1 > and the other mouse2 for example. Set up the first one to use > /dev/psaux and the ps/2 protocol. Even set it to do 3rd button > emulation. > > Then set the other one to use imps/2, do scroll buttons, and use > /dev/input/mice as the input. (presuming it's usb) > > Then set the ServerLayout to use one as "CorePinter" and the other as > "SendCoreEvents." > > Here's an example, that's mostly syntactically correct: > > Section "ServerLayout" > : > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Mouse1" "SendCoreEvents" > EndSection > : > : > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse1" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > > Michael > > > On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 13:02, Tucker, David wrote: > > Hi all, > > I just installed SuSE 8.0 on my Dell laptop. All is working well. > > However, I had a Micro$oft wheel mouse attached when I did the install and > I > > seems to have created a problem. If in have the external mouse attached > > when I boot, everything works fine. (including the touch pad on the > laptop) > > However, if it is not attached the touch pad doesn't work correctly. The > > cursor jumps around uncontrollably. > > I looked at the XF86Config file and it initially had this. > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Driver "mouse" > > Identifier "Mouse[1]" > > Option "ButtonNumber" "5" > > Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" > > Option "Name" "AutoDetected" > > Option "Protocol" "imps/2" > > Option "Vendor" "AutoDetected" > > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > > EndSection > > > > I changed it to: > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier "Mouse[1]" > > Driver "mouse" > > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > > Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" > > EndSection > > > > And now the touch pad works fine if I boot without the wheel mouse > attached > > but has the same problems if I do have it attached. The wheel mouse > doesn't > > work ether. > > > > For the last few weeks, I've been changing the XF86Config file depending > > on if the wheel mouse is attached. While this works, its a pain. Does > > anyone know how I can get one XF86Config file to work in all > configurations? > > I really like using the scroll wheel when I have it, but I don't like > having > > to change the config file when I don't. > > > > dave > > > > ____________________ > > BYU Unix Users Group > > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -- Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
