Re: 2.6 input drivers FAQ

Peter Osterlund
2004-02-01T15:56:09Z

Andreas Jellinghaus <aj@dungeon.inka.de> writes:

> And what about dell latitude laptops (synaptics touchpad - works fine -
> plus that mouse stick - no reaction at all?
>
> Usualy I'm fine with the touchpad, but some people prefer to use
> the stick or both. Any idea?

X isn't reading from /dev/input/mouse1, which is where the events for
the stick go in your case. You need to add another InputDevice to your
X config or use the /dev/input/mice device node.

> devices: (plus pcspeaker and keyboard):
> I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0007 Version=0000
> N: Name="SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad"
> P: Phys=isa0060/serio1/input0
> H: Handlers=mouse0 event1
> B: EV=b
> B: KEY=6420 0 670000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> B: ABS=11000003
>
> I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0001 Version=0000
> N: Name="PS/2 Generic Mouse"
> P: Phys=synaptics-pt/serio0/input0
> H: Handlers=mouse1 event2
> B: EV=7
> B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
> B: REL=3
>
> XF86Config:
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse0"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
> EndSection

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