On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 08:31:45AM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > #include <hallo.h> > * Michael Gilbert [Sat, Mar 11 2006, 10:21:46PM]: > > I was recently browsing the web on a windows box and realized that > > over the last 4 years, I had forgotten how nice it is to be able > > browse back/forward with a single button click. So I set about > > enabling this functionality on my Debian box. I found this gentoo doc > > (http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Mouse_Nav_Buttons) very helpful. > > First, this Howto is not completely correct ("modprobe evdev" to run > xev? wtf). > > Second, I assume that the evdev X module is going to replace all that > ugly workarounds with mouse button counting for ZAxisMapping and > guessing the correct driver etc. > > The only thing I am missing in the evdev driver is the ability to pick > up the correct device by itself. X in /dev/input/eventX may change all > the time, the thing would not as smooth as /dev/input/mice for the old > drivers untill somebody implements autodetection of the supported > devices. You're trying to solve the problem at the wrong layer. The answer here is to implement hotplug input devices. This is being worked on.
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