On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 09:12:47AM -0600, Zane Dodson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 02:57:55PM +0000, Rolf Heckemann wrote: > | On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 08:49:07AM -0600, Zane Dodson wrote: > | > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 11:48:10AM +0000, Rolf Heckemann wrote: > | > | On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 10:15:54AM +0000, Paulo Lopes wrote: > | > | > Can someone tel me how to setup two mouses on the same device, using > two > | > | > diferrent protocols? > | > | > | > | It's probably impossible. Better get a USB or serial wheelmouse. > | > | However, you may want to have a look at gpm: it offers a repeater mode > | > | (man gpm, option -R, configure /dev/gpmdata as the mouse device in X). > | > > | > Check your notebook's BIOS. Mine (an older Toshiba) has a pointing > | > device section which I can set to simultaneous and use both the > | > integrated pointing device and an externally connected PS/2 mouse. > | > | The important point here is /using two different protocols/. Sure, I > | can use an internal and external PS/2 pointing device simultaneously > | -- but only if I run them with the same protocol. > > You are right. I didn't read the original post carefully. I agree with > Rolf that simultaneous use of two *different* mouse protocols over the same > PS/2 interface is probably impossible.
I'm probably guilty of the same crime, since Paulo didn't actually say he wanted to use both simultaneously. I think Yoann's is a good answer to the then slightly different problem. I wonder if (and I have no way to test this at present) you could run two simultaneous instances of X on separate consoles, each one using one of Yoann's ServerLayouts. Probably not, because each one will attempt to initialize the psaux interface for itself. Rolf
