Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 23:54:41 -0400 From: Jesse Sheidlower <jester@panix.com> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Trackpad with USB mouse, at same time Message-ID: <20040405035441.GA26270@panix.com>
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(This is somewhat updated from earlier questions on -questions, so I apologize for the duplication.) I've recently installed FreeBSD 5.2.1 on an IBM ThinkPad T41p. I have disabled the touchpad in the BIOS, and the trackpoint works fine, all three buttons of it. My problem is that I cannot seem to use both the trackpoint and a USB mouse at the same time. For the trackpoint, I have to set "Device" to /dev/psm0 in the "mouse" section of my XF86Config file; if I use /dev/sysmouse, it will not recognize the trackpoint, which as far as I can tell, it should. However, /dev/sysmouse does pick up a USB mouse. The upshot is that I can't use both the trackpoint and an external mouse without changing the config file and restarting X. The moused(8) docs discuss running a separate moused process for the two devices, but I can't get this to work, and wouldn't know how to automate it if I could. Also, on another ThinkPad running 4.9, I have no problem using the trackpad and a USB mouse at the same time (in that case, "Device" is set to /dev/mouse, which is however a symlink to /dev/sysmouse). Any suggestions? Thank you. Jesse Sheidlower
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