Question on setup of xorg.conf for laptop
Ed Kim
ed.kim at rhatbox.com
Wed May 17 13:59:54 UTC 2006
sklein at cpcug.org wrote:
> My laptop has a Synaptics touchpad and also has a plug for an external
> mouse. I boot into run level 3. The touchpad works when I boot. Once
> I've booted and started X, I can plug in the mouse and both it and the
> touchpad can control the pointer. However, if I boot with the mouse
> plugged in, X crashes when I try to start it. How can I boot with the
> mouse plugged in and have the mouse and touchpad both work?
>
> I've attached the relevant part of my xorg.conf file below.
>
>
> Stan Klein
>
> ***************************************************************************
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse0"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Synaptics"
> Driver "synaptics"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> Option "CorePointer"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse1"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "PS2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> Option "AlwaysCore" "true"
> EndSection
>
>
>
What does your ServerLayout section say regarding Mouse0, Synaptics, and
Mouse1?
When you are able to have both the mouse and touchpad working, I would
look at your /dev/input directory and cat /dev/input/mice, then move
either the mouse or the touchpad to see what grabs this device. You
shouldn't have two devices taking up one /dev file...
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