[gentoo-user] Mouse device order

[gentoo-user] Mouse device order

[Yuan MEI]

Hi,

    I am using a ThinkPad laptop, so usually I have three mouse
devices, touchpad, touchpoint and an external USB mouse.  In X11, I
want the external USB mouse be CorePointer and the other two be
AlwaysCore, so that I can re-mapping the USB mouse keys for left-hand
use, while keeping the on-laptop mouse keys unchanged.

    To do this, I have to refer to the three mouses independently
through /dev/input/mouse0,1,2.  The problem is, each time I reboot the
machine, the three device files have different corresponding devices,
totally unpredictable.  So, is there a way to designate which device
file should correspond to which mouse?  And what should I do?
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Re: [gentoo-user] Mouse device order

[Marc Redmann]

Hi,

>     To do this, I have to refer to the three mouses independently
> through /dev/input/mouse0,1,2.  The problem is, each time I reboot the
> machine, the three device files have different corresponding devices,
> totally unpredictable.  So, is there a way to designate which device
> file should correspond to which mouse?  And what should I do?

how about writing udev rules to create unique symlinks for each mouse 
device ???

http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html

brgds, Marc

		
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Re: [gentoo-user] Mouse device order

[Jason Weisberger]

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Much easier and specific directions are on
http://www.gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Advanced_Mouse


On 8/17/06, Marc Redmann <mr_spuck_2001@yahoo.de> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> >     To do this, I have to refer to the three mouses independently
> > through /dev/input/mouse0,1,2.  The problem is, each time I reboot the
> > machine, the three device files have different corresponding devices,
> > totally unpredictable.  So, is there a way to designate which device
> > file should correspond to which mouse?  And what should I do?
>
> how about writing udev rules to create unique symlinks for each mouse
> device ???
>
> http://reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html
>
> brgds, Marc
>
>
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