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On Wednesday 18 October 2006 14:15, Iain Buchanan wrote: |
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> Hi all, |
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> from time to time I remove mice and plug them in, as I move my laptop |
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> around locations. Sometimes I also start my laptop without a mouse |
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> plugged in, and then plug one in after boot. |
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[snip] |
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> I can't use the generic /dev/input/mice, (the one-for-all device) |
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> because I have a synaptic driver for the touchpad |
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> (/dev/input/mouse1), and "auto" for any other mouse plugged in |
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> (/dev/input/mouse2). |
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I don't see why you can't use /dev/input/mice - I have the same mouse |
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setup as you and it works for me. Unless you have problematic hardware |
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that is |
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[snip] |
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> does _anyone_ reading use X and _not_ the /dev/input/mice device? I |
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> would be interested to hear from you!!! |
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Well, fwiw, I'll give you the config I have and that works for me (with |
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irrelevant bits snipped out). Maybe it'll work for you too... |
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Section "ServerLayout" |
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Identifier "FGLRX" |
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Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0 |
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InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" |
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InputDevice "Mouse1" "AlwaysCore" |
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InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" |
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EndSection |
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Section "InputDevice" |
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Identifier "Mouse0" |
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Driver "mouse" |
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Option "CorePointer" |
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Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" |
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Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" |
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Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" |
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Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" |
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EndSection |
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Section "InputDevice" |
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Identifier "Mouse1" |
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Driver "synaptics" |
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Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" |
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Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" |
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[snip synaptic config stuff] |
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Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" |
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Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" |
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Option "Emulate3Buttons" |
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EndSection |
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It's been a long long time since I set this up but I believe the |
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critical settings at the time were "CorePointer" and "AlwaysCore" in |
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the ServerLayout |
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alan |
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