connecting and disconnect a usb mouse

[Chris Gow]

On October 20, 2004 12:06 pm, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 10:39:52PM -0400, Chris Gow wrote:
> > I'm running Suse 8.2 and I'm trying to figure out how I can configure X
> > so that until I plug in my USB mouse it uses the default touchpad.
> > Currently I have to go into yast and manually switch it. Is there anyway
> > to have the usb mouse detected automatically and fall back to the
> > touchpad if it isn't plugged in?
>
> If the touch pad works as ps2, I would think just configuring it to use
> the ps2 device as the primary mouse and the usb as an additional mouse
> should allow it to work with the touch pad at all times, and the usb
> whenever connected.  At least I have used ps2 and usb mice in that setup
> before without a problem. 
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Did you have to configure your ps2 and usb mice in the same manner as Peter 
suggested? Or were you able to configure them differently?

thanks

-- chris
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