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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gpm (X11): touchpad OR usb-mouse?
From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au>
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On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 00:42 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:47:42 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> 
> > I don't know how to do this automatically, nor how to make X use a
> > different mouse without restarting...
> 
> Would a symlink help here? Link the touchpad to, say, dev/input/mymouse
> then override this link with one to the USB mouse when it is plugged it.
> Then use the symlink is xorg.conf.

I guess that depends if X tries to be intelligent (like some apps) and
finds the target of the symlink at startup, instead of just using the
symlink.  Also, I don't know what would happen if you pulled the symlink
while it was being used...  one way to find out :)
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