[vox-tech] [Fwd: [vox] USB vs. PS/2 mouse]

[Dave Margolis]

Jonathan (and Ryan who provided the same answer),

Having both working at the same time is a great idea (and simplier than 
the _detect insertion/removal and do something_ thing I had in mind).

I won't be needing the scroll mouse outside of X anyway, so this is perfect.

Thanks!
Dave

Jonathan Stickel wrote:

> Dave Margolis wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have an IBM thinkpad with an _eraser head_ mouse.  I like the 
>> eraser head and I've grown rather fond of it over the years (I had an 
>> old toshiba laptop with the same mouse before).  However, every once 
>> and I while I like to plug in my USB scroll mouse...
>>
>> So here's my question:  Is there a USB insertion script somewhere 
>> that I can add a line or two to re-point /dev/mouse (currently points 
>> to /dev/psaux, would need to point to /dev/input/mice)?  Would this 
>> kind of think require hotplug? I don't have hotplug turned on.  Also, 
>> this would need to work in the reverse, if possible, upon removal.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
>>
>
> I have a laptop with a touchpad which always "just works" as a ps/2 
> mouse on /dev/psaux.  Most of the time I also have a usb wheel mouse 
> plugged in.  They can both work simultaneously with a proper XF86Config:
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>     ...
>     InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>     InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
> EndSection
> ...
> Section "InputDevice"
>     Identifier    "Mouse0"
>     Driver    "mouse"
>     Option    "Protocol"    "PS/2"
>     Option    "Device"    "/dev/psaux"
>     Option    "Emulate3Buttons"    "yes"
> EndSection
> Section "InputDevice"
>     Identifier    "DevInputMice"
>     Driver        "mouse"
>     Option        "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>     Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>     Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>     Option        "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> EndSection
>
> I am using devfs and hotplug, which I don't know much about.  I assume 
> they take care of detecting whether the usb mouse is plugged in or not.
>
> HTH,
> Jonathan
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