From: Ben Ford <ben@kalifornia.com>
To: Dax Kelson <dax@gurulabs.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Multiplexing mouse input
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 00:59:45 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A768281.6AEF839E@kalifornia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.30.0101300017310.12047-100000@ultra1.inconnect.com>
You are probably talking about an Xfree issue. And yes it can be done. I
know several people that do that. Refer to the XFree86 website.
-b
Dax Kelson wrote:
> My laptop has a touchpad builtin with two buttons, I also have an external
> PS2 and/or USB mouse (3 buttons with scroll wheel).
>
> I would like to be able to use the touchpad, and then plug in the mouse
> (with either PS2 or USB connector) and use it without reconfiguring
> anything.
>
> In fact, it would be cool if I could use both at the same time.
>
> Is this possible with the new "Input Drivers" in the 2.4 kernel? Is it
> possible with Linux at all?
>
> As a comparison, at least two other OSes, Windows 2000 and NetBSD 1.5
> multiplex mouse input and allow use of two (or more!) mice at the same
> time.
>
> Dax Kelson
>
> NetBSD "wscons console driver" info:
>
> http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/wscons/
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-01-30 8:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-30 4:45 RFC: Kernel mechanism: Compound event wait/notify + callback chains bsuparna
2001-01-30 5:29 ` [Kiobuf-io-devel] " Ben LaHaise
2001-01-30 6:38 ` Matthew Jacob
2001-01-30 7:29 ` Multiplexing mouse input Dax Kelson
2001-01-30 8:59 ` Ben Ford [this message]
2001-01-30 16:14 ` Joel Jaeggli
2001-01-30 17:06 ` James Simmons
2001-01-31 23:43 ` [Kiobuf-io-devel] RFC: Kernel mechanism: Compound event wait/notify + callback chains Stephen C. Tweedie
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2001-01-30 15:50 Multiplexing mouse input Dunlap, Randy
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