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eae
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 Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 4:32 pm Post subject: Questions about mouse |
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Hi, I just bought an usb optical mouse, I plugged it and works perfectly. 
I just want to ask some basic questions about how it works: the ps2 mouse is still plugged, and the inputs from the two mice are mixed together. My xorg.conf pionts to /dev/mouse wich is a symlink to misc/psaux. Am I correct if I say that misc/psaux is not a "real" mouse device but a sort of mixer that sums all the mice available on the system, ps2 and usb?
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eae
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dtor
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Yes, it is correct. /dev/psaux in 2.6 is a synonym for /dev/input/mice which is multiplexor for all mouse-like pointing devices present in the system (mice, touchpads, touchscreens, tablets, etc). Individual devices can be accessed separately either through /dev/input/mouse[0-9] (cooked PS/2 protocol) or through /dev/input/event[0-9] (native event protocol).
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