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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