serious mouse problems... have looked everywhere for a solution

fflarex · 2007-12-31 22:03:26

Alright, I suspect it's actually something fairly simple, but probably not too common. My laptop's built-in touchpad works great. But plugging in a USB mouse or connecting a bluetooth mouse via a usb adaptor screws up the mouse clicks. I'm not sure exactly what is going on, but sometimes a left click acts normal, and sometimes it acts like a double-click (yes, I'm only clicking once).

This is incredibly limiting and I've resorted to using the touchpad when I absolutely need a cursor, but a touchpad is hardly a replacement for an actual mouse. I can't use application menus or drag windows, or click on links or select text because of this. It's driving me nuts.

Anyone have any ideas? I'd give config files and/or command outputs if I knew which ones were relevant (xorg.conf doesn't even have an entry for these mice, hotplugging works (I believe) through hal).

schivmeister · 2008-01-01 11:14:31

Your best bet is to make those entries in xorg.conf Here's mine (relevant extract only):

Section "ServerLayout"
        InputDevice "Laptop Touchpad" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice "USB Mouse" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Laptop Touchpad"
        Option      "SendCoreEvents" "true"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option      "Protocol" "auto-dev"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "USB Mouse"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "CorePointer"
        Option      "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
#        Option      "Buttons" "5"
#        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
#        Option      "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
EndSection

The commented options are those that I'm not sure are required for a generic mouse.

For the record, if I'm not gaming or doing graphics/audio, the touchpad suits me well. I guess one can get used to it.

Last edited by schivmeister (2008-01-03 16:44:23)

fflarex · 2008-01-01 18:57:22

Not all touchpads are created equally, though...

I'll give this a shot and get back to you. My touchpad DOES have an xorg entry, I was talking about the actual mice when I said that.

Last edited by fflarex (2008-01-01 18:58:07)

schivmeister · 2008-01-03 16:43:25

Nono you're supposed to make sure the important lines like "CorePointer", "AlwaysCore" and "SendCoreEvents" are there, that's why I pasted the touchpad part also. Edited to include only the relevant lines

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#1 2007-12-31 22:03:26

serious mouse problems... have looked everywhere for a solution

#2 2008-01-01 11:14:31

Re: serious mouse problems... have looked everywhere for a solution

#3 2008-01-01 18:57:22

Re: serious mouse problems... have looked everywhere for a solution

#4 2008-01-03 16:43:25

Re: serious mouse problems... have looked everywhere for a solution

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