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Old 03-17-2003, 07:55 AM   #1
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touchpad and RedHat 8


Hello,

I have a toshiba sattelite laptop and am running RedHat 8. For some reason I cannot use the touch pad either with the mouse plugged in or without the mouse. Is there something I can do so that I can use the mouse and touchpad at the same time?

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Old 03-17-2003, 02:52 PM   #2
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configure your mouse pad as standart ps/2 this should solve mine works fine with it
 
Old 03-17-2003, 03:14 PM   #3
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could you show me an example of your conifuration for the 2 mice?

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Old 03-17-2003, 03:21 PM   #4
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# File generated by anaconda.

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Anaconda Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
#

InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.

RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.

FontPath "unix/:7100"

EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"

# Option "AutoRepeat" "500 5"

# when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the
# following line
# Option "Protocol" "Xqueue"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"

# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
#Option "XkbVariant" ""
#Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

#


Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
HorizSync 31.5-48.5
VertRefresh 50-70
Option "dpms"


EndSection

Section "Device"
# no known options
Identifier "NVIDIA"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA"
BoardName "NVIDIA"

#BusID
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "NVIDIA"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection

EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
 
Old 03-17-2003, 03:53 PM   #5
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I changed my mouse configuration to be the same as yours, but when i restart X i can still only use my usb mouse.
 
Old 03-17-2003, 03:59 PM   #6
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type setup as root and go into mouse configuration choose
genericmouse ps/2 try this.
 
Old 03-17-2003, 04:10 PM   #7
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Here are the 2 mouse entries in my XF86Config file. Maybe this will help. I also have a Satellite.


Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
 
Old 03-17-2003, 04:12 PM   #8
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okay how about this remove usb mouse boot machine kudzu will remove the configuration and activate the other mouse maybe this help.
 
Old 03-17-2003, 04:37 PM   #9
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thanks so much people,

i got it to work using rmartine's reply.
 
  


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