Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg 7 and disappearing mouse device
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 08:38:59
Message-Id: 20060517092054.2934fd99@hactar.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Xorg 7 and disappearing mouse device by Iain Buchanan
1 On Thu, 04 May 2006 09:02:41 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
2
3 > I don't want to use udev, because I would like a general solution that
4 > works for any of my usb mice (OK, I have a few at different locations :)
5
6 You can use a udev rule that detects any USB mouse, but not the trackpad
7 or stick, something like
8
9 BUS=="usb", KERNEL=="mouse?", SYMLINK="usb/mouse"
10
11 > Ideally, I would like to make /dev/input/mice use all mice
12 > from /dev/input/mouse2 and up (ie. not the stick or touchpad). Can I do
13 > that somehow?
14
15 Wouldn't that remove the benefit of being able to use 3 button emulation
16 for the pad but not the mice?
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20 Neil Bothwick
21
22 "Take my Worf--please." -Data

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