Asher Haig writes: > >I've been looking for an answer to this question for a while (it's >actually two questions, I suppose). Both questions regard using two mice, >one on /dev/psaux (Touchpad on a laptop) and one on /dev/cua0 (Kensington >serial mouse). > >The first is with GPM: It appears I can do this with the -M flag, but >does anyone know exactly how? I've been trying to make it work and have >yet to be able to. >
Here you go! I have a 2btn mouse on /dev/psaux and a keyboard pointer on /dev/ttyS0(don't use the /dev/cua* devices they are not being used anymore, especially for non-communication devices) and I use gpm to control both on the console and act a a repeater(see the gpm man page) for X. /etc/gpm.conf: device=/dev/psaux responsiveness= type=ps2 append="-M -m /dev/ttyS0 -t ms -r 2 -R" ^^^^ I think this is not needed(the -M => -R) but it works. >Second: In X: Is it even possible? I haven't seen anything that says how, >but it'd seem like it wouldn't be overly difficult. Or at least it >shouldn't be. > Again see the gpm man page on the repeater section. /etc/X11/XF86Config(Pointer Section) Section "Pointer" Protocol "MouseSystems" Device "/dev/gpmdata" Emulate3Buttons Emulate3Timeout 50 EndSection Note that you can modify the responsiveness of the individual mice/pointers/pads with gpm but that only works for the console pointer. When using the /dev/gpmdata device gpm does not modify the inputs. So if one is more responsive than the other you will have to live with it or adjust xset to a happy medium for the two in X. Enjoy, Brian -- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .