Mice
In order to get both the PS/2 trackpad and a USB mouse to work together on a linux machine, you need to change the XFree-Config-4 file located in /etc/. However, we must first find out whether our mouse is actually working under linux. We can do this with the command,
[ytl@Yees_VAIO# cat /dev/input/mice |
This will cause the screen to up updated with crap when the usb mouse is moved around. This is good, and implies that signals are at least being sent from the mouse to the kernel.
Next we have to edit the XFree config file in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
# ********************************************************************** # Pointer section # ********************************************************************** Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" # ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice # Option "ChordMiddle" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse2" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50" # ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice # Option "ChordMiddle" EndSection |
And adding to the bottom of the file,
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
Screen "screen1"
InputDevice "Mouse2" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
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Restart X and you should now be able to use both mice!
| Tue, 29 January, 2002 17:18 |   |
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