Can i have 2 mice loaded and ready to go if needed? I have 2 logitech mice: one is a wireless one that is at /dev/input/mice and the other is an optical one at /dev/mouse. They are both usb mice. I'm using Slackware. I did try to make 2 entires in my xorg file, but messed it up. Is it possible to do this?

(The reason i want 2 mice is I prefer the wireless of course, but sometimes the batteries run out right in the middle of something)

I'd imagine this should be possible.

It certainly is possible with XFree86 where you just have to duplicate the mouse entry section in the config file, giving the second mouse a different identifier and device, and then add another InputDevice line. This should work with XOrg as well, unless the configuration format has changed overly much.

No both config files look the same. I'll try it again... my first attempt locked me out of x.

I have two mice working with X. One of them is USB mouse, the second one is PS/2. Here is a part of my XF86Config:

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "AlwaysCore"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Resolution" "180"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7 6 7"
Option "Buttons" "9"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse2"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
EndSection

I still can't seem to get this working. The stuff at the end looks weird to me. Here's a snippet of my xorg.conf file:

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"

# On platforms where PnP mouse detection is supported the following
# protocol setting can be used when using a newer PnP mouse:

# Option "Protocol" "Auto"

# The available mouse protocols types that you can set below are:
# Auto BusMouse GlidePoint GlidePointPS/2 IntelliMouse IMPS/2
# Logitech Microsoft MMHitTab MMSeries Mouseman MouseManPlusPS/2
# MouseSystems NetMousePS/2 NetScrollPS/2 OSMouse PS/2 SysMouse
# ThinkingMouse ThinkingMousePS/2 Xqueue
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"

# The mouse device. The device is normally set to /dev/mouse,
# which is usually a symbolic link to the real device.

Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
# Mouse-speed setting for PS/2 Mouse.
# Option "Resolution" "500"

# Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
# Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS1"
# When using XQUEUE, comment out the above two lines, and uncomment
# the following line.

# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"

# Baudrate and SampleRate are only for some Logitech mice. In
# almost every case these lines should be omitted.

# Option "BaudRate" "9600"
# Option "SampleRate" "150"

# Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
# Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)

# Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"

# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice

# Option "ChordMiddle"


EndSection

# Some examples of extended input devices

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "mouse2"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

#And at the very end of the file I have this:

Section "ServerLayout"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection


Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard"

Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse"

Option "Protocol" ""
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

The InputDevice section tells Xorg what input devices you have, not which ones to use.

You've defined three of these. In the first section, “Mouse1”, in the second section “Mouse2”, and in the last section “Mouse” (as the same device as “Mouse1”). The names are completely arbitrary, and set by the “Identifier” parameter.

The ServerLayout section tells Xorg which of your input devices you want to use; you have “Keyboard1” (which you don't define here; you only define “keyboard”), and “Mouse1”.

In order to enable your other mouse, you need to add a line to enable Mouse2:

Thanks! It works now!