[SLE] Serial + ps2 mouse with X?
When at home I like to use an external keyboard and serial mouse connected to a laptop. Anyone on this list who has configured X to use two mice simultaneously? I have done this with gpm, but the X howto's don't seem to mention this sort of thing. I guess that I could create two different XF86Config files and run X via a script which would rename the files, but then I would have to maintain 2 different config files whenever I wanted to change something - seems kind of kludgely. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, you wrote:
When at home I like to use an external keyboard and serial mouse connected to a laptop. Anyone on this list who has configured X to use two mice simultaneously? I have done this with gpm, but the X howto's don't seem to mention this sort of thing.
I guess that I could create two different XF86Config files and run X via a script which would rename the files, but then I would have to maintain 2 different config files whenever I wanted to change something - seems kind of kludgely.
I have done this on my Toshiba laptop, but I was using a ps2 mouse. I don't know how your laptop is but I didn't have to do anything to Linux I just set it in the bios to allow two mice. It is a feature in the Toshiba setup. Good luck. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darren R. Weber drw@linuxfan.com ICQ# 2849193 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Darren R. Weber was reputed to have said:
I have done this on my Toshiba laptop, but I was using a ps2 mouse. I don't know how your laptop is but I didn't have to do anything to Linux I just set it in the bios to allow two mice. It is a feature in the Toshiba setup. Good luck.
W9x does it without having to re-configure, as long as the serial mouse is connected at boot time. It takes the pain out of using a laptop full time, and makes it seem like a desktop machine. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Hi, On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, John Karns wrote:
When at home I like to use an external keyboard and serial mouse connected to a laptop. Anyone on this list who has configured X to use two mice simultaneously? I have done this with gpm, but the X howto's don't seem to mention this sort of thing.
I guess that I could create two different XF86Config files and run X via a script which would rename the files, but then I would have to maintain 2 different config files whenever I wanted to change something - seems kind of kludgely.
If you would have an external PS/2 mouse in addition to the laptop mouse device, it would work. Using two different mouse types will be possible with XFree86 4.0, the current XFree86 release does not support this. Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer 90443 Nuernberg, Germany -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Hi. At 14:36 on 29 Nov 99, John Karns begun to yabber about "[SLE] Serial + ps2 mouse with X?" Date sent: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:36:26 -0500 (COT) From: John Karns <jkarns@csd.net> To: SuSE Linux <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Subject: [SLE] Serial + ps2 mouse with X?
When at home I like to use an external keyboard and serial mouse connected to a laptop. Anyone on this list who has configured X to use two mice simultaneously? I have done this with gpm, but the X howto's don't seem to mention this sort of thing.
With my laptop it works without any special configuration.. Sometimes it get anoying when you acidentally hit the touch pad when you are drawing something in GIMP :) Perhaps it only works with external ps2 mice? Cya Matthew -------------------------------------------------- Matthew King: Sys Admin, Quakers Hill High School. My ICQ#: 2342475 Message me! -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Cellular Phone: +61 415 257 516 E-Mail: noodle@penguinpowered.com Homepage: http://www.penguinpowered.com/~noodle/ -------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GM/S d(-)@ s(-):(+) a--- C++++(+++) U P(+) L(+) E? W++>+++ N++ o? K++ w !O- M--(-) !V- PS PE Y(+) !PGP t+++ 5+++(++) X+ R+++ tv++ b+++ DI+ D G++ e h+ r-->+++ y ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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