Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Sun, 17 Aug 2003 13:40:09 -0400 | From | Brandon Stewart <> | Subject | Re: Hot swapping USB mouse in X window system |
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Ok, that works. I knew about /dev/input/mice, but I didn't use it because one mouse was PS/2 and the other was IMPS/2. But it appears to figure things out on it's own. Thanks.
-Brandon
Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
>>1) If a mouse is not detected at the start of X windows, that mouse will >>not be checked for during the operation of X windows. >>2) If a mouse is detected at the start of X windows, then the device >>corresponding to that mouse cannot be released until X windows is stopped >> >> > >Use /dev/input/mice, it multiplexes all mice found and exists even if no >device is currentrly available. > >Under 2.6 I can "hot-plug" serial and PS2 mouse this way and use both at the >same time. > >-andrey >
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