[ale] Multiple mice

Stephan Uphoff ups at tree.com
Sun Mar 28 20:57:26 EST 2004


Trey Sizemore wrote:
> My primary desktop currently uses a USB mouse.  I just purchased a PS/2
> KVM switch for use with this and an additional computer.  Will I have
> any issues using the KVM device with the PS/2 mouse and my primary
> desktop, or must I add an entry to my XFree86Config to account for the
> PS/2 mouse as well.  If so, how would that look.

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Default Layout"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

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Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

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Section "InputDevice"
                                                                               

# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
        Identifier  "DevInputMice"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection




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