[Tfug] X Configuration of mice

[Choprboy]

On Tuesday 06 July 2004 23:02, Iketo wrote:
> I ran into a neat thing.  I have an older computer, Debian 3.0 running X 
4.3.0.1.
> 
> I had to reinstall (Hard drive failure) and now while setting up I was 
testing a couple things. I set the mouse in X to use '/dev/input/mice' and 
the USB mouse works. When I change that to '/dev/psaux', the PS/2 mouse 
works. Since my USB is wireless, I would like it to work... but I need the 
PS/2 for when the batteries go dead ((no I do not want to logout when I need 
to change). Any way to enable both with the "GUI" interface? Or, do I have to 
butcher the XF86Config-4 file?
>

You don't have to butcher your XF86Config file at all (though you will have to 
modify it slightly). You just need to add a second mouse configuration.

In the (probably first) "ServerLayout" section, add another InputDevice 
identifier, something like:
Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Default Layout"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"  <-- Primary mouse
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"  <-- Secondary mouse
EndSection

Then add the definition section for the second mouse:
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "DevInputMice"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Restart X and your done.

Adrian