On Monday 15 July 2002 04:29, Jeff wrote: > 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? > Well, I would say to use the new input layer for the linux-kernel, but I dont think it is maintained for 2.4 anymore, but it has been merged into 2.5-dj. At any rate, this will be a lot easier in 2.6. (The kernel detects what mouse you are using and translates it to imps/2 in all cases) (X should work this way, but it seems that the XFree86 people dont give a shit about autodetecting input devices)
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