[gentoo-user] xorg can't work with hotplugged mice?

[Iain Buchanan]

Hi all,

from time to time I remove mice and plug them in, as I move my laptop
around locations.  Sometimes I also start my laptop without a mouse
plugged in, and then plug one in after boot.

But every time I do so, X doesn't recognise the "new" mouse.  I
have /dev/input/mouse[0-3] set up in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

I have to either restart X, or (this is interesting): switch to a
console, unplug then replug the mouse, then switch back to X, and
allofasudden the mouse works again.

I can't use the generic /dev/input/mice, (the one-for-all device)
because I have a synaptic driver for the touchpad (/dev/input/mouse1),
and "auto" for any other mouse plugged in (/dev/input/mouse2).

Now, the fact that switching to a console and re-plugging the mouse
works is strange - this tells me that X "can" do it without restarting,
but I don't know how to make it recognise the mouse...

I can't (and don't want to) use custom udev rules for two reasons:
1. I want to plug in any mouse and have it used straight away
as /dev/input/mouse2
2. This is such a simple problem, and udev seems like such a complicated
solution :)

And lastly, if I have X running with a working usb mouse
(/dev/input/mouse2), and then unplug the mouse, then /dev/input/mouse2
stays there.  Until I restart X or switch to a console and back (then it
disappears)... strange!!

does _anyone_ reading use X and _not_ the /dev/input/mice device? I
would be interested to hear from you!!!

thanks,
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>

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