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Bug#564951: xserver-xorg-input-evdev no longer honors EmulateWheelButton option from hal



On Fri,15.Jan.10, 14:14:59, Joel Becker wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 02:10:05AM -0800, Joel Becker wrote:
> > 	Oy, another scheme!  Does a change via xinput persist, or do we
> > have to run it each time we start X, and thus add it to to some sort of
> > X startup script?  Is there any way to put it in .Xresources or
> > something?  I presume I have to do this for each mouse.  If a mouse
> > disappears and reappears (USB plugging), do I have to re-run xinput?  I
> > should hope not.
> 
> 	Of course we do.  I added gpointing-device-settings, but it only
> works for touchpads, not regular USB mice on my docking station.  Also,
> when I undock and redock, the mouse gets a new xinput id and loses all
> settings.

That's bad.

> 	I've written myself a script that I have to run any time I plug
> in a mouse.  I contend this is still a bug until there is a persistent
> way to get these settings working across all mice.

Preferably per some unique id. I only need the emulate wheel on the 
TouchPoint, but not on other pointing devices.

Regards,
Andrei
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