This one time, at band camp, Jeff said: > Oh Ye Debian Guru's! > > I have a Dell Latitude CPx with the combo touchpad and stylus > (eraser-head) mouse. These input devices share the PS/2 interface > along with the PS/2 connector on the back of the laptop. Also, this > touchpad/stylus is a regular 2-button mouse. I have the BIOS set so > that if I have a mouse connected, the touchpad/stylus don't work. > > No to my problem: I want to be able to plug in a 3-button mouse with > the scroll wheel, however X is configured for a 2-button mouse with > 3-button emulation. So, I change the X config to use the 3-button > mouse and scroll wheel, but when I disconnect that mouse and the > touchpad/stylus come alive it doesn't work since I have the ImPS/2 > driver running on that device (/dev/mouse (psaux)). > > My current work-around is to swap out the X config file based on the > mouse I want to use. But this is kind of a pain. Is there a way to > plug either a 2-button, 3-button w/ scrollwheel, or none (use the > built-in touchpad/stylus) and just have it work? > > Woody > Kernel 2.4.18 (custom) > XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 > XFCE window manager > XDM
I've never done it, as my laptop has a 3 button mouse built in, but I've
seen other people's config files posted here and there that have several
devices listed for input - something like <makes up rough guide>:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "MouseMan"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS1"
Option "Emulate Three Buttons" "True"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
EndSection
Good luck and happy googling,
Steve
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