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Old 09-08-2004, 01:01 PM   #1
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USB mouse not working with touchpad


Hi guys, all the usb modules are well loaded(My usb keyboard works well)
but I can't get my USB mouse work.
/dev/mouse is my touchpad and it works well...
How can I change it to my USB mouse?

I searched the topic in forum but I couldn't find anything useful.
thanx for replays
 
Old 09-08-2004, 06:05 PM   #2
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This is what I had to do when I wanted to switch from my touchpad to my external USB mouse.

First in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, you'll need to find the line that says something like (I have a touchpad, too, and this is the setting it had)

Option "Protocol" "PS/2"

and replace it with

Option "Protocol" "imps/2"

Next, you'll need to re-symlink your /dev/mouse link to point to your USB mouse

as root, you'll need to

rm /dev/mouse -- this removes the sym link
ln -s /dev/input/mice /dev/mouse -- this creates a new sym link

YMMV. Before doing any of this, I would double check that /dev/mouse is actually a sym link pointing to the real mouse device (for me it was /dev/psaux) before removing it.
 
Old 09-08-2004, 06:28 PM   #3
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there are a lot of posting how to get both touchpad and usbmouse worked in X.
you can refer at Linux - Laptop and Handheld
 
  


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