From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 15:18:01 +0000 Subject: Re: Multiple mouse... udev issue? Message-Id: <20060510151801.GC28451@kroah.com> List-Id: References: <3F617E8A-3C13-4157-B7E4-1A1ED2E0AF14@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3F617E8A-3C13-4157-B7E4-1A1ED2E0AF14@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 10:54:52AM -0400, Claude Ferron wrote: > Here's the story: > > I'm trying to connect 6 USB mices on my computer. I'd like to have > them work all independently in X. So far I was able to acheive this, > but for some reason it is not working as it should. What I mean by > that is that sometimes, for an unknown reason, a mouse will be > erratic (when I move it it goes in every corner and click everywhere). > > My udev.rules create the following when mouses are connected in > specific USB port. > /dev/input/mouse1vss > /dev/input/mouse2vss > /dev/input/mouse3vss > /dev/input/mouse4vss > /dev/input/mouse5vss > /dev/input/mouse6vss > > Rules for the mouse: > BUS="usb", ID="3-2:1.0", NAME="input/mouse1vss" MODE="0644" > BUS="usb", ID="2-2:1.0", NAME="input/mouse2vss" MODE="0644" > BUS="usb", ID="2-1:1.0", NAME="input/mouse3vss" MODE="0644" > BUS="usb", ID="3-1:1.0", NAME="input/mouse4vss" MODE="0644" > BUS="usb", ID="2-3:1.0", NAME="input/mouse5vss" MODE="0644" > BUS="usb", ID="3-3:1.0", NAME="input/mouse6vss" MODE="0644" > > If my mouse #3 is erratic for exemple: > > Doing a cat /dev/input/mouse3vss would produce some garbage on screen > however, but it is impossible for me to tell by these weird caracters > that the mouse is working properly. The only way I can tell is to > start X and see how the mouse reacts. > > Slackware 10.0 > SysInit updated (see: http://piterpunk.info02.com.br/extra/) > Udev version 090 > Linux VSS 2.6.15.4 #10 SMP Sat May 6 23:05:28 EDT 2006 i686 > > Udev might be the problem here.... Why would udev be an issue? It named your devices properly, and then never messes with the device. So it sounds like it is working properly. Try asking on the xorg or input mailing lists. good luck, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel