Thank you very much. I got both of them running alongside each other perfectly now.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > *- Christopher Barry wrote about "Using two mice under X at once." > | Hi all, > | > | I just today bought a really nifty keyboard with a built-in touchpad and > | the touchpad part of it uses a serial interface, while my existing mouse > | is PS/2. I can switch between them by killing X and quickly editing > | XF86Config and then restarting X, but I'm wondering if there is way to > | get X to support 2 pointing devices at once. The keyboard comes with a > | serial pass-through mouse connector so if you already have a serial > | mouse you can plug it into the keyboard instead of your motherboard so > | you can at least flip a switch on the keyboard to switch between > | touchpad and regular mouse modes. But this doesn't work for me because > | my mouse is PS/2. So is there a way to run two pointing devices > | simultaneously under X? > | > > I have the same situation. You need to use the XInput section of > XF86Config. Read the XF86Config man page. > > These are snippets from my XF86Config file. > > # Logitech Mouseman+ with 4 buttons and a wheel > Section "Pointer" > Protocol "MouseManPlusPS/2" > Device "/dev/psaux" > SampleRate 133 > Resolution 200 > Buttons 6 > ZAxisMapping 5 6 > EndSection > > # keyboard with eraser pointer and two buttons(1,3) > Section "XInput" > SubSection "Mouse" > Port "/dev/ttyS0" > DeviceName "Pointer" > Protocol "Microsoft" > AlwaysCore > EndSubSection > EndSection > > | Also, one other question. How would you add 'xset m 5 0' to your > | XF86Config file? Is there a general list or howto of how to figure out > | which xset statements correspond with which XF86Config statements? For > | example, 'xset fp+ ...' is like a 'FontPath' statement but I don't know > | where to look to find these relationships. As usual, the man page and > | /usr/doc isn't too helpful. > | > > Just put the xset command in your .xinitrc, .xsession, or whatever file > you use to start all your X apps. I don't think there is a direct > mapping between all the options of xset and things in XF86Config. > > Have fun. > > -- > Brian > > Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
