usbmouse and ps/2

madpenguin8 · n00b Joined: 19 Jun 2002 Posts: 38 Location: Detroit MI

I've tried several how-to articles on the web on making a usb mouse and ps/2 mouse work together with X, but I have not been able to get it to work. I do have a working usb mouse device, but I'm not sure what I am doing wrong in XF86config. If anyone has this working please post your input section from XF86config. And also can this work hot plugable?

Thanks.
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taorob · n00b Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Posts: 2

Here's the pertinent sections cut from my /etc/X11/XF86Config file. This is working just fine for me.

The only limitation I've noticed is needing to have the USB mouse plugged in before starting X in order to have it work. These entries support a mouse with a scroll wheel and 2 or 3-button devices. (My touchpad has 2 buttons with a scroll slider and my USB mouse has 3 buttons with a scroll wheel).

krt · Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 9:35 am Post subject:

as long as you have hotplug support in your kernel, and point your usb device to /dev/usb/mice (and not mouse0, mouse1, etc.) you should be able to plug and unplug your usb mouse at will.. inclusive of not having it plugged in until after X is started (I do this all the time..)
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slougi · Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 10:02 am Post subject:

Also make sure the hotplug package is installed ("emerge hotplug" iirc)