Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > John L Fjellstad wrote: > | Sam Halliday writes: > | > | > however that only solves half the problem... how can i make this > | > /dev/usbmouse link (or whatever i call it) point to /dev/input/mouse1 > | > (the touchpad) when the usb mouse is not plugged in? > | > | You don't. In X, what you do is make one your primary mouse device, > | and the other just sends mouse events to the primary mouse device. So, > | at my place, the touchpad is the primary mouse device, and the usbmouse, > | when plugged in, sends mouse events through the primary mouse device. > > Alternatively use /dev/input/mice and your application will receive > input from all attached mice. Simple. :-) (with kernel 2.6 that > includes USB -and- PS/2 mice) thats not the point... i want to DISABLE the touchpad when the usb mouse is plugged in. and do it dynamically. this takes input from both all the time.
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