If you just want to be able to specify which mouse to use from the command
line, just use two layouts, and select between them using one of these
commands:
"startx -layout layout1"
"startx -layout layout2"
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
Screen "screen1"
InputDevice "mouse1" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout2"
Screen "screen1"
InputDevice "mouse2" "CorePointer"
EndSection
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Galen Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Stop them! They're pirating my vaporware!
On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, J. Grant wrote:
> Hello
>
> I posted a message last week. I got a reply of a work around from John
> Tapsell. I had used that work around before.
>
> I would like to request that a "default mouse" feature be added. This
> would be fairly simple to add I think. I am sure that I am not the only
> one interested in a feature like this.
>
> Using the SendCoreEvents means that when i type if I knock the touch pad
> or buttons on the laptop the cursor jumps to where the mouse is and the
> text gets typed in the wrong place.
>
> The screen section has DefaultColorDepth, this is very useful, I would
> not want to specify a the color depth each time i use X windows!
>
> How about adding a DefaultMouse option?
>
> The current situation is this
> I specify my mouse in the XF86Config-4 file and i get that
> If i specify another on the command line there is not an error, i just
> get the XF86Config-4 mouse. (should there be an error?)
>
> If there are no mice in the XF86Config-4 and i do not specify one I get
> an error.
>
> What I would be interested in is being able to Override the Mouse in the
> XF86Config-4 with another one via the command line. That could be by
> no aditional keywords, just the -pointer option to startx using that
> one. Or a DefaultMouse = mouse1 option which could be overrident by
> startx -- -pointer mouse2
>
> Has this been considered before? Do you think it is a useful adition?
>
> I am subscribed to this list
>
> JG
>
> ---------
> On Monday 21 January 2002 13:58, jg wrote:
> > Hello
> > This is my setup
> >
> > Section "ServerLayout"
> > Identifier "layout1"
> > Screen "screen1"
> >
> > # from command line startx -- -pointer
> > #InputDevice "mouse1" "CorePointer"
> > #InputDevice "mouse2" "CorePointer"
>
>
> Why not have the second one not CorePointer but SendCoreEvents - that way
> you can use both mice at the same time :)
>
>
> >
> > InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
> > EndSection
> >
> > I am using a laptop, I would like my usb mouse2 to be default, but if
> > the startx -- -pointer mouse1 param is called for that to be used
> > instead. Is this possible? If i define one in the section above, eg
> > mouse1 (internal laptop pointer, or PS2 if that is plugged in) then I
> > can not override it with the startx -- -pointer* mouse2 option.
> >
> > 90% of the time I have the USB mouse plugged in, so if i can only change
> > to the internal/PS2 one by the arguments on the command line that is a
> > better setup for me.
> >
> >
>
>
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