Bug#451708: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics: Option "GuestMouseOff" "true" not working

[Tim Richardson <tim@tim-richardson.net>]

Mattia,
this problem is still annoying me. If I use default settings, all
pointing devices become unusable because the trackpoint pushes the
pointer to the edge of the screen and over-rides all mouse movement.
I can't disable it in BIOS. 
I can't disable it with the "guestMouseOff" option to the synaptics
driver
I can only disable it as long as I do not use /dev/input/mice 

Since I want my external USB mouse to work, I specifically add an entry
for that, using /dev/input/mouse2

However, this means I lose the advantages of /dev/input/mice, which is
dynamic reconfiguration if I plug the USB mouse in and out. 

I've looked in the source code of synaptics.c and it seems that the use
of guestMouseOff is very high level. It doesn't really disable the
stick, it just ignores it. 

Do you know a way to disable a hardware device (like you can in the
Windows XP Device Manager)? 


and instead I point specifically to the /dev/input/mouse0 and
On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 12:57 +0900, Mattia Dongili wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 10:58:26PM +0100, Tim Richardson wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
> > Version: 0.14.7~git20070706-1
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > Option "GuestMouseOff" "true" appears to not work for me. I think this 
> > is because I have a USB mouse configured using device /dev/input/mice
> > and the stick is /dev/input/mouse1
> > If I force the USB mouse to be /dev/input/mouse0, then I have no stick.
> > This solutions means I lose the mouse if I unplug it and reconnect it. I 
> > have to restart X. So I was hoping that "GuestMouseOff" which really 
> > kill the stick. 
> 
> Hi Tim,
> 
> actually this sounds like the option is working, just not as you expect
> or not as you would like to in your specific setup.
> What would be needed in your opinion to fix this?
>