Re: Installing a trackball KW wrote:
> If it's PS/2 you'll generally end up with a new mouse entry
>
> /dev/input/mouse2
>
> Create a new mouse entry in XF86Config and point it to the second mouse
> device... I've successfully had a USB and PS/2 mouse working at the same
> time this way, so it's completely possible.
>
> The section should look something like this...
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse0"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> EndSection
>
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse1"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse2"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> EndSection
>
> but you may also need to get imwheel to get all the buttons to work right.
>
>
> -=KW=-
I have had luck with (on a Dell Inspiron)
Option Protocol "Auto"
Then I have my bios to auto disable the touchpad so that an external
mouse works fine with the ps/2 port and scrolling works fine with
ZAxisMapping and when I do not have an external mouse, the touchpad
works fine too. |