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On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 00:42 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:47:42 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: |
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> > I don't know how to do this automatically, nor how to make X use a |
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> > different mouse without restarting... |
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> Would a symlink help here? Link the touchpad to, say, dev/input/mymouse |
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> then override this link with one to the USB mouse when it is plugged it. |
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> Then use the symlink is xorg.conf. |
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I guess that depends if X tries to be intelligent (like some apps) and |
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finds the target of the symlink at startup, instead of just using the |
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symlink. Also, I don't know what would happen if you pulled the symlink |
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while it was being used... one way to find out :) |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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