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fitheach
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 Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2003 10:10 am Post subject: Using an IntelliMouse Explorer with a glide pad? |
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Hi,
I sucessfully installed Gentoo on my Toshiba 3000-514 and all works like a charm. Even smoother then with Debian or any other Linux distro I used on it during the last year or so. But something what I have not yet solved, and haven't been able to solve during the last year is:
Can I configure X in such a way, that as soon as my external USB Mouse is installed, I only have this pointer and without it I only have the glide pad? Well, I am accustomed to typing on my laptop, but sadly if I have both configured I tend to move the mouse cursor around with my thumb.  Or even stranger things happen.
Any solution? Sorry, if this is a FAQ, but even so I am a long time linux user and admin, I have always been in a constant fight with X and its config files. Any help is highly appreciated.
Best regards,
Oliver |
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Carlos
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| Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2003 8:29 am Post subject: Re: Using an IntelliMouse Explorer with a glide pad? |
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| fitheach wrote: | | Can I configure X in such a way, that as soon as my external USB Mouse is installed, I only have this pointer and without it I only have the glide pad? Well, I am accustomed to typing on my laptop, but sadly if I have both configured I tend to move the mouse cursor around with my thumb. Or even stranger things happen. |
I don't think X can change pointers while it's running.
One way I can think of that you could do this (although I don't know exactly how) would be with devfsd hacking: rename or remove the mouse device whenever the USB mouse is connected.
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zhenlin
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Write a hotplug script. sys-apps/hotplug
You'll need to know the device and vendor ID of your USB devices. |
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