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jaideep_jdof

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From: Delhi, India

Registered: 2006-06-05

Posts: 311

Since xorg update

Since my last full system update, which updated xserver and mouse, keyboard and synaptics driver. My external mouse stopped working on my laptop only synaptics was working. I made changes to my xorg.conf file to enable my external mouse but now my synaptics is not working. How should i enable both together synaptics and external mouse. Following is my xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Mouse1" "AlwaysCore"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    Option "AIGLX" "true"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "xtrap"
    Load  "freetype"
    Load  "type1"
    Load  "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "synaptics"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    #DisplaySize      310   180    # mm
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "QDS"
    ModelName    "20"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ColorKey"               # <i>
        #Option     "CacheLines"             # <i>
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DRI"                    # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoDDC"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "XvMCSurfaces"           # <i>
        #Option     "PageFlip"               # [<bool>]
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "i810"
    VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
    BoardName   "Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller"
    BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
    Option     "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
      Option     "DRI" "true"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     1
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     4
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     8
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     15
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     16
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
  Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

billy

Member

From: Slovenia

Registered: 2006-09-13

Posts: 164

Re: Since xorg update

same problem here . Just when I wanted to try iPod-like scrolling

jaideep_jdof

Member

From: Delhi, India

Registered: 2006-06-05

Posts: 311

Re: Since xorg update

I don't think this is a bug. New xorg assumes that you have only one pointer device. I think xorg people never heard of laptops and external mouses.;)

timbosa

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From: Australia

Registered: 2007-02-25

Posts: 21

Re: Since xorg update

You'll need to change "AlwaysCore" to "SendCoreEvents" eg.

Section "ServerLayout"
....
    InputDevice    "Mouse1" "SendCoreEvents"
.....
EndSection

jaideep_jdof

Member

From: Delhi, India

Registered: 2006-06-05

Posts: 311

Re: Since xorg update

Hey thanks both synaptics and external mouse now works.

thayer

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From: Vancouver, BC

Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,560

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Re: Since xorg update

For future reference, the Synaptics wiki has been updated to reflect these changes:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics

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thayer williams ~ cinderwick.ca