David, Thanks for your reply, my laptop has 2 scroll buttons, that are supposed to work like the wheel. they work in Windows, and I've read from a few write ups on linux-laptop.net that you just need to configure them as a wheel mouse with the Zaxis mapping. http://mobilix.org/toshiba_sp4600.html#ToC13 But anytime I try to use the IMPS/2 protocol the pointer freaks out. I'll have to give a USB mouse a try, I found a P2/2 to USB mouse adapter and tried using a old (never meant to be used with USB) PS/2 mouse and I couldn't get it to show up at all on the system. Are USB capable PS/2 mice different than a standard PS/2 mouse? This probably isn't the right place for the next question, but if I'm going out to buy a mouse, will I be able to utilize all the buttons that are on some mice, or should I stick with a 2 button wheel mouse? On Mon, 2002-10-21 at 06:33, David C. Diemer wrote: > Jeff: > > Ditto on that. I have a Dell with a TrackPoint AND a TouchPad as well > as the PS/2 port in the back where I used to plug-in my wheel mouse. I > setup my X to use the wheel mouse because that's what I used 90% of the > time. It's when I went to the computer room to do some troubleshooting > with my laptop that I ran into your problem. I had no place for a mouse > so I was forced to use the TouchPad or TrackPoint and it was pretty > weird. > > The problem lies with the fact that the wheel mouse uses virtual mouse > buttons 4 and 5 to perform wheel operations that are simply not there > for the TouchPad / TrackPoint. Also, the PS/2 device typically emulates > a 3rd mouse button using the same virtual mouse buttons that the wheel > mouse uses (ZAxisMapping "4 5"). So, there are two possibilities: 1) > don't use a wheel mouse so you won't use the ZAxisMapping option (not > what you're looking for) or 2) don't use 3-button emulation on your > TouchPad / TrackPoint (better). > > You may still experience problems with plugging-in or unplugging the > external mouse while in X. Unfortunately, X isn't Plug-n-Play so it > won't recognize that you've switched mice. You must restart X > (Ctl-Alt-Backspace) AFTER you plug-in or unplug your mouse. > > But I may have a better answer: use two different mice: an external USB > wheel mouse along with the built-in TrackPoint / TouchPad (I have a Dell > - it has both). To implement it, modify your XF86Config-4 file and make > sure you have two pointers defined: one USB mouse and the other for the > Trackpoint/TouchPad/PS-2 port, like this: > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "TouchPad" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > Option "Protocol" "PS/2" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "USB Mouse" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Device" > "/dev/input/mice" > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > Then, use a ServerLayout section and specify that both mice are to be > used, like this: > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Home" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > InputDevice "TouchPad" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "USB Mouse" "SendCoreEvents" > Screen 0 "Screen LCD" > EndSection > > It works! I use both the USB Mouse AND at the same time, I can also use > the TouchPad and the TrackPoint devices. If I unplug the USB mouse, I > can still continue using the TouchPad and TrackPoint devices without a > problem. Also, note that in the "TouchPad" configuration, I did NOT > define the Emulate3Buttons option so I won't have a great deal of > difficulty using an external wheel mouse. > > Hope this helps. > > > Dave > > > -----Original Message----- > From: newbie-admin@XFree86.Org [mailto:newbie-admin@XFree86.Org] On > Behalf Of Jeff Bearer > Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 7:52 PM > To: newbie@XFree86.Org > Subject: Laptop Mouse Weirdness > > I have a Toshiba Laptop with the PS/2 Trackpoint which has scroll > buttons. When I configure it as a wheel mouse, or when I disable the > trackpoint and use a PS/2 wheel mouse, the pointer gets all whacked > out. It jumps to the bottom left corner and when you move it it also > registers tons of right and left clicks by itself. If I try to move it > too much it deletes my launchers and moves my menus because of all the > random clicking. > > Anyway it appears that it's caused by switching the mouse protocol from > PS/2 to IMPS/2. Any information what anyone can tell or point me to on > PS/2 vs. IMPS/2 would be great. > > > > -- > Jeff Bearer, RCHE > Webmaster, PittsburghLIVE.com > Winner 2002 Eppy Award, Best U.S. Newspaper Website > -- > Jeff Bearer, RCHE > Webmaster, PittsburghLIVE.com > Winner 2002 Eppy Award, Best U.S. Newspaper Website > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie > _______________________________________________ > > Newbie@XFree86.Org > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie -- Jeff Bearer, RCHE Webmaster, PittsburghLIVE.com Winner 2002 Eppy Award, Best U.S. Newspaper Website _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
