[NCLUG] RE: Laptop Mouse

[Brian Stanback]

I ended up configuring my tocuchpad/pointing stick as a ps2 mouse and have
a directive for that as well as my usb mouse in my XF86Config-4, so I can
switch off if I want to attach my USB mouse. I am working to make it
autdetect, since changing it every time is annoying.

On 2001.03.14 09:03 Rich Young wrote:
> Brian -- 
> 	I have a slightly older omnibook (800?) running KRUD 6.0.  I had
> problems getting it to install properly until I went into expert mode and
> specified that it was a PS-2 mouse.  (Prior to that, the install would
> hang
> at the mouse autodetect.)
> 	As has often been the case, I found it easy enough to reinstall
> until I got it right -- I hadn't started using it for anything yet.  I
> don't
> know if this is helpful at all....
> 	If you would find any mouse config stuff from my laptop useful
> for
> reference, jes' say so.
> --Rich Young (rich at xplus.com)
> 
> 
> > Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 18:32:48 -0700
> > From: Brian Stanback <brian at stanback.net>
> > Organization: Flare Networks
> > To: nclug at nclug.org
> > Subject: [NCLUG] Laptop mouse
> > Reply-To: nclug at nclug.org
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I recently installed Redhat 7 on my Omnibook 900.
> > Everything works great, except I had my USB mouse hooked up when I did
> > the install and it detected it. Now I can't figure out how to
> > reconfigure xfree to use the integrated laptop mouse.
> > 
> > I know it works, becuse when I boot to the install disc with my usb
> > mouse disconnected it finds the laptop mouse and works fine.
> > 
> > I would like it to either autodetect what mouse is connected 
> > at boot, be
> > able to use both mice, or have a "mouse switching" utility I 
> > run before
> > starting x.
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