synaptics Touchpad & USB mouse in slack 10
 

sometime ago i posted a thread regarding this & got the solution for making both of them work simultaneously but recently installed the new Slack 10 & as all know it comes with the new X.org. the above configuration is again not Working with my laptop. the touchpad works Fine but when i Plug in my USB mouse ,the Light glows but it doesn't function..
can some one Suggest me how to make it Work with the New X

this worked for me earlier Fine:

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

then make an entry to the serverlayout

InputDevice "UsbMouse" "AlwaysCore"

am i missing something

This works for me under slackware 10 :)

In my xorg config, I have for both devices:

(Mouse1 is my touchpad)

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "usbmouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxis Mapping" "4 5"

EndSection

Then, under ServerLayout:

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "usbmouse" "SendCoreEvents"

EndSection

I've Resolved the issue as well. The same old Freind Helped & recommended me to use the utility " X -configure" at run level 3 in Console. it made me an xorg.conf file at /root.
The new File had the Specifications of my Detected hardware --- perfectly matching the Configuration. & i added the same Lines into it -- The mouse worked after that.

Just one Question. If i start X whithout the mouse Plugged in it is never Taken by my X again until i restart X with the mouse Plugged in. though once it is Working i can hotswap it any time & it works again .

I used the "alwayscore". Can u tell me the Difference with "sendcoreevents". Will it resolve the Mouse issue if it is not Plugged in b4 starting X

Thx anyways for anticipating

Yes, using SendCoreEvents should allow you to startx without the mouse plugged in, and then have it function when you plug it in. SendCoreEvents basically means the device is a secondary pointer device, rather than *the* CorePointer.

no The SCENE remains the Same even if i use the "SendCoreEvents"..
Any other resolution ??

I can only suggest that you have something configured incorrectly, as it works fine here.