On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 07:23:02PM -0700, Andrew Jorgensen wrote:
> I've got a notebook with a synaptics touchpad and a distro with the
> synaptics driver (adds scroll-support and a couple other options). 
> The problem is that I also sometimes use a USB mouse so the X config
> also contains the entry for the /dev/input/mice device.
> 
> The problem is that if both mice are configured I get two events for
> every touchpad event (all other mice are normal).  So how do I exclude
> the touchpad from /dev/input/mice so that I can have my cake and eat
> it too?  Or is there some other way to fix this problem?
> 

I would change the /dev/input/mice entry to be /dev/input/mouse0 or
/dev/input/mouse1 or whatever your USB mouse is.  You won't be able to
use 5 USB mice at once, but I think it would get around the problem
you're having.

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