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low

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Registered: 2007-07-04

Posts: 109

using two mice simultaneously

I work on a laptop and HATE using the touchpad,  so whenever I am docked I like to use a
mouse. I have a lLgitech G5 and a Synaptics touchpad and have attempted to configure them
with various xorg settings. This used to work for me with xorg 7.1, but now I've updated
to 7.3 and this is broken. My touchpad works, but the G5 does nothing, although it is
recognized and therefor I think I have configured it wrong. Also, both the touchpad and
the G5 work simultaneously without any fancy configuration, but then I do not get a
scroll thingy on the toughpad and all the buttons on the G5 do not function.

Here is my xorg.conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Mouse1" "AlwaysCore"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
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  "GLcore"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "xtrap"
    Load  "freetype"
    Load  "type1"
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  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "synaptics"
    Option      "CorePointer"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto-dev"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "LeftEdge" "1700"
    Option        "RightEdge" "5400"
    Option        "TopEdge" "1700"
    Option        "BottomEdge" "4400"
    Option        "FingerLow" "25"
    Option        "FingerHigh" "30"
    Option        "MaxTapTime" "180"
    Option        "MaxTapMove" "220"
    Option        "VertScrollDelta" "100"
    Option        "MinSpeed" "0.12"
    Option        "MaxSpeed" "0.12"
    Option        "AccelFactor" "0.0"
    Option        "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Mouse1"
    Driver "evdev"
    Option "Name" "Logitech USB Gaming Mouse"
    Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 7 6"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    #DisplaySize      330   210    # mm
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "AUO"
    ModelName    "2174"
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      "intel"
    VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
    BoardName   "Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller"
    BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
    Option "DRI" "True"
    Option "PageFlip" "True"
    Option "XvMCSurfaces" "True"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Modes "1280x800"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

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

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection

kagerato

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Registered: 2007-09-10

Posts: 45

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Re: using two mice simultaneously

Does the "evdev" driver actually work for that mouse?  Without custom configuration ?

There's a kernel module for evdev you probably need.  Or you might just try other drivers/protocols.

Last edited by kagerato (2007-09-18 00:27:03)

low

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Registered: 2007-07-04

Posts: 109

Re: using two mice simultaneously

I was using this as reference and it worked with the other version of xorg.

http://adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2006/ … der-linux/

jvandermarel

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Registered: 2007-09-18

Posts: 2

Re: using two mice simultaneously

Hi,

Change this in uour xorg.conf

InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice    "Mouse1" "AlwaysCore"

to

InputDevice    "Mouse0" "AlwaysCore"
InputDevice    "Mouse1" "AlwaysCore"

low

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Registered: 2007-07-04

Posts: 109

Re: using two mice simultaneously

i tried that and then neither of them worked... i'll keep messing around with it, and btw, WELCOME!

edit: evdev definately works with this mouse because when I comment out the synaptics touchpad, the g5 and its 9 button glory works

Last edited by low (2007-09-18 14:48:11)

heretic

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Registered: 2007-09-18

Posts: 11

Re: using two mice simultaneously

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier  "Simple Layout"
    Screen "Screen 1"
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

thats how I did it on my slacktop

btw I'm new to arch.. great distro so far.

low

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Registered: 2007-07-04

Posts: 109

Re: using two mice simultaneously

that makes only my G5 work since the G5 is mouse1. I think this is an issue with xorg 7.3 because

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-58 … cb8c3b6a53