Re: Kernel 2.6: Using an USB mouse and an touchpad at the same time
On October 4, 2003 07:46 pm, Raffaele Sandrini wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have kernel version 2.6-test6 installed on my Dell Inspiron 5150. I can
> access my USB mouse via /dev/input/mice and my touchpad via the event
> device and a special Xfree86 driver for the touchpad.
>
> I'm wondering if some of u guys have managed to get the touchpad and the
> USB mouse working at the same time. Im thinking of a situation like in
> Win32 systems where i can move the cursor with the mouse and the touchpad
> at the same time. Its annoying to restart X server with another config only
> because i plugged or unplugegd my USB mouse. The difficoulty is deffinitly
> that we are talking about more than one interface (mice and eventX).
>
> In kernel 2.6 all devices were mapped through the standart ps2 device /dev/
> psaux. This old fashioned interface is no more present in the new kernel.
> Every input is now managed via HID.
>
> Any solutions/suggestions?
>
> cheers,
> Raffaele
> --
> Raffaele Sandrini <rasa@gmx.ch>
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Here is what I have on my inspiron 8k
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "GlidePointPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
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