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

[Iain Buchanan]

On Sun, 2006-10-22 at 21:12 -0700, Richard Fish wrote:
> On 10/22/06, Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au> wrote:
> > because the touchpad has to be configured differently to the usb mice,
> > otherwise things like "emulate3buttons" don't always work (on the
> > touchpad).  Also, I have different acceleration settings on different
> > mice, so I couldn't do that if they all used the same
> > "/dev/input/mice"...
>
> So don't use /dev/input/mice for "all" mice, just for the USB mouse
> that you plug in.

but I can't use /dev/input/mice.  I may not have been clear before, but
if I use /dev/input/mice, then the touchpad looses its Emulate3Buttons
when I use a real third button on a usb mouse...

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

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