Using a USB Mouse along with Touchpad

Riddick · 08-20-2005, 02:47 PM

I am running slackware current on a Dell C600.
I have Both touchpad and mini joystick.
I have a USB Mouse, it does not work, although it
is recongnised USB wise, I tihnk I am missing something
from xorg.conf.

When I put in the PS2 adapter for the mouse, it works fine.

Any help would be appreciated,

Riddick

cor67393 · 08-20-2005, 03:58 PM

Add a section like this:

Code:

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse2"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option      "Protocol"      "IMPS/2"
    Option      "Device"        "/dev/input/mouse0"
EndSection

Of course, the protocol can be different, and check which device is your mouse, with:

Code:

cat /dev/input/mousex

where x is some number, move your mouse and see if there is garbage on the screen. ctrl-c to end that.
In your serverlayout, tell X to use the device:
InputDevice "Mouse2" "SendCoreEvents"

That should do it.

Riddick · 08-20-2005, 05:48 PM

Excellent - is there any way of setting that 'core' option at the end
so that both mice are used al the time?
That cat solution was very clever

Thanks Riddick

Riddick · 08-20-2005, 06:35 PM

No, sorry your option was the correct one. Thanks,that was really brilliant.

cor67393 · 08-21-2005, 12:08 PM

Well, you could use only one one mouse entry by using the device /dev/input/mice which, afaik, is the device which 'sums' all mouse devices on your system, but I'm not sure how that works out with the protocols, i guess you should use auto then.