On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 10:27:39AM -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Gene Heskett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Nov 27 10:16 -0600]: > > On Sunday 27 November 2005 04:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >How to use two independent mouse at the same time? > > >With two cursors of course... > > > > With usb based mice, just plug them both in. Blew me away when they > > both worked, but work they did. > > I noticed the same thing recently with a USB mouse on my Thinkpad T42 > running Xorg on Sid. The Trackpoint still worked as normal as did the > USB mouse. A very nice feature indeed.
This is a feature of the linux kernel, not X: all mouse devices are accessible through the single combined device /dev/input/mice. Thus, it will even work in gpm. And it works for PS/2 mice, although with a PS/2 mouse your XF86Config may not be using /dev/input/mice. (X and gpm also support multiple pointing devices on their own, but not without explicit configuration). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
