Re: Mouse setup under X

[yoann <debian-yoann@ifrance.com>]

Paulo Lopes a écrit:

> Hi, i've a laptop with a touchpad that can be easely configured on X, 
> my question is how can i configure it to enable an external mouse WITH 
> scrollwheel. The problem is that both the touchpad and the external 
> mouse are PS2.
>
> my current config is:
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "External Mouse"
>         Driver          "mouse"
>         Option          "CorePointer"
>         Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
>         Option          "Protocol"              "PS/2"
>         Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
>         Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> in order to enable the scrollwheel i've to change the Protocol to 
> ImPS/2, but then, if i've no external mouse on /dev/psaux (i'm using 
> the touchpad) it's impraticable to use it, because the mouse pointer 
> is always junping to the lower left part of the screen...
>
> Can someone tel me how to setup two mouses on the same device, using 
> two diferrent protocols?
>
> Thanks!
> Paulo. 

I had the same problem...

first, create 2 Sections "InputDevice" for each mouse like this

for your internal mouse :

Section "InputDevice"
       Identifier      "Internal Mouse"
       Driver          "mouse"
       Option          "CorePointer"
       Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
       Option          "Protocol"              "PS/2"
       Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
       Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5" <-------- if you 
have no wheel, maybe you don't need this
EndSection

for your external mousse

Section "InputDevice"
       Identifier      "External Mouse"
       Driver          "mouse"
       Option          "CorePointer"
       Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux" <-- check 
for your write device
       Option          "Protocol"              "ImPS/2" <------ here 
for imwheel
       Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
EndSection

second, create to Section "ServerLayout" as well like this

Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier  "server1"
   Screen      "Screen 1" <------------------- here put your own Screen 
identifier
   InputDevice "Internal Mouse" "CorePointer"
   InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" <--- here put your own 
keyboard identifier
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier  "server2"
   Screen      "Screen 1" <------------------- here put your own screen 
identifier
   InputDevice "External Mouse" "CorePointer"
   InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"<---- here put your own 
keyboard identifier
EndSection

and create 2 alias in the file .bashrc (or the .filerc for your shell)

for the fisrt ServeurLayout

alias x='startx -- -layout server1'
or
alias x='startx'
in that case, startx will take the first serverLayout it will find in 
the XF86Config file

and for the second ServerLayout

alias x2='startx -- -layout server2'

but in that way, you have to boot in console mode and lauch startx by hand

Yoann





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