Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:49:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:48:57 -0500 Received: from darkwing.uoregon.edu ([128.223.142.13]:47748 "EHLO darkwing.uoregon.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:48:44 -0500 Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 20:17:35 -0800 (PST) From: Joel Jaeggli X-X-Sender: To: Ben Greear cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: Question on USB mouse & laptop. In-Reply-To: <3BF1E9CD.9050702@candelatech.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org you need to run gpm -M (for gpm console dual mouse support for xf86 4.x you need to make sure there are two mouse setups... something like: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection To add another mouse just copy the above section and modify it, so that it reads: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection then tweak the server layout section for the second mouse... Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "XFree86 Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Mouse1" "AlwaysCore" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection see if that helps... On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Ben Greear wrote: > I have a Sony VAIO laptop. When I plug in my USB keyboard, I can use both > it and the built-in keyboard. However, it boots up with the USB mouse in, > I can only use the USB mouse, not the built-in scratch-pad mouse. > (Other than that, the USB stuff seems to work great!) > > Is this expected behaviour? > If not, I'll send in a detailed report on my system... > > Thanks, > Ben > > -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel Jaeggli joelja@darkwing.uoregon.edu Academic User Services consult@gladstone.uoregon.edu PGP Key Fingerprint: 1DE9 8FCA 51FB 4195 B42A 9C32 A30D 121E -------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is clear that the arm of criticism cannot replace the criticism of arms. Karl Marx -- Introduction to the critique of Hegel's Philosophy of the right, 1843. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/