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Bug#465220: xserver-xorg: External mouse button events are doubled up



On Sun, 2008-03-16 at 11:45 +0100, Brice Goglin wrote:
> Sam Morris wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xorg
> > Version: 1:7.3+10
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > When I try to use an external mouse I notice that all the button events
> > occur twice in quick succession:
> >   
> 
> What kind of external mouse it this? USB? PS2?

USB.
> 
> We've seen lots of bug reports like this that were caused by
> /dev/input/mice "containing" /dev/psaux or so. In such a case, all
> events are received by both the input section using /dev/input/mice (the
> default one) and some other section whose device file in included in the
> former, hence the double events that you see.

That sounds like what is happening to me, but I don't know what I can do
about it without disabling the Synaptics Touchpad device.

> 
> Brice
> 
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