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morgoth_bauglir

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Registered: 2014-06-26

Posts: 7

10-evdev.conf per-user config?

Bonjour,

I'm wondering how I can configure the Logitech Marble Mouse's sample configuration in a per-user environment. I don't have access to the file

/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf

and I was wondering if there's a dot file in the home dir which I could modify to the same effect?

Thanks guys,
MB

WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

Posts: 8,414

Re: 10-evdev.conf per-user config?

All those things can be applied with the basic Xorg tools.  So these adjustments can be made from the command line.  Ergo, you could also stick a string of commands like that into your startup scripts.  Something like the ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession (or whatever those DMs use on startup).

morgoth_bauglir

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Registered: 2014-06-26

Posts: 7

Re: 10-evdev.conf per-user config?

The commends like

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier  "Marble Mouse"
        MatchProduct "Logitech USB Trackball"
        MatchIsPointer "on"
        ...

don't pass in .. for example .xsession. I tried using this file but .xsession-errors showed that these commands were not recognised.

Last edited by morgoth_bauglir (2014-10-15 14:35:48)

WonderWoofy

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From: Los Gatos, CA

Registered: 2012-05-19

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Re: 10-evdev.conf per-user config?

Yeah, dumping the contents of a config file into a startup script is not going to work at all.  You need to figure out how you would set these things from the command line.  Then add those actual commands to the startup script.

teateawhy

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From: GER

Registered: 2012-03-05

Posts: 1,138

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Re: 10-evdev.conf per-user config?

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions … ation-file
If you pass the -config argument to the server (e.g. startx -- -config foo) or set the XORGCONFIG environment variable, then the server looks for a configuration file called /etc/X11/$XORGCONFIG .

As i understand it you can concatenate the configuration files in xorg.conf.d and use that as a configuration file.

mar04

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From: Poland

Registered: 2010-02-08

Posts: 117

Re: 10-evdev.conf per-user config?

There is a tool called xinput, although I never had to use it as I'm using KDE.