You might want to try gpm to mix two devices together and then use /dev/gpmdata in X. "man gpm" should help you do that.
On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Joe Emenaker wrote: > I'm a pretty happy camper when it comes to using USB on my laptop, > except for one thing.... > > If I start XFree86 (version 4, mind you) and *then* plug in a USB mouse, > the mouse doesn't do anything. I have to shutdown X and start it over > again and then the mouse is detected. > > When I plug the mouse in while X is running, the hotplug stuff *does* > detect the mouse and load all of the drivers (I can see this from the > console messages), so I think the problem is that, when X starts up, it > takes a look at /dev/input/mice and then decides that there's nothing > interesting there and ignores it for the rest of the X session. > > Right now, in my X configuration, I've got the laptop trackpad set to > CorePointer and the /dev/input/mice source is set to "SendCoreEvents"... > just like every example I've seen. And, like I said, everything works > great if the mouse is there before I start X. So, I think something is > causing X to check /dev/input/mice once and never check again. > > Any idea why this is happening? Do I need to load the modules > (mousedev.o, input.o, etc) by hand rather than let them be loaded by > hotplug or whatever? > > - Joe > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Get the new Palm Tungsten T > handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0002en > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Visual Studio.NET comprehensive development tool, built to increase your productivity. Try a free online hosted session at: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?micr0003en _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
