how to get a mouse and touchpad to work together
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Hello to all,
Im having fun with my MEPIS RC2 6.0 it's very cool.
Have one wish though, I like to use a mouse at the same time when using the touchpad on my Laptop....
But how to ?...anyone doing this or know how it can be done...?
I tried enabling PS2 mouse in xconf.conf and it just made the touchpad freeze.
Thanks in adavance to all posters.
Touchpad & Mouse
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See "Touchpad and Mouse" here: http://plg.uwaterloo.ca/~gvcormac/averatec.html
(Note the file is now /etc/X11/xorg.conf not XF86Config-4 as
is was previously)
Touchpad & Mouse
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Hi gvc
Yeah thanks for the good url but no good, Ive got a PS2 mouse so Im not sure if the settings for a USB mouse are supposed to work..I tried it anyway without success
Ive also tried using a microsoft serial mouse no go.
If I do a tail -f /var/log/syslog with the PS2 and Touchpad
I get output
(sorry cant post exact output to day laptop wifi playing up)
When I move the PS2 mouse I get:
"psmouse.c: Touchpad lost Sync at isa60060/serio1/input0 lost sync at byte 1
And then when I use the Touchpad I then get:
"psmouse.c: Touchpad lost Sync at isa60060/serio1/input0
- driver resynced
I noticed in xorg.conf that a "synaptic" module is loaded at boot.
I also noticed that none of the gui configurators like "Kcontrol", or "OS system settings" seem to make any difference to the way the touchpad works..eg I turned off "tapping" yet tapping still operated as before.
Hi Jon Thanks for your post,
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Hi Jon
Thanks for your post, unfortunately it does not work from boot.
Rats!
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rinjin, too bad it didn't work 
In the Mepis OS Center, System Configuration, Mouse and Display, what do you have checked on the Mouse tab? Is it PS/2 or Synaptics Touchpad?
When you do not have the mouse plugged in does the touchpad seem to work ok? When you have the mouse plugged in, does the mouse seem to work ok? The main problem is trying to get both touchpad and mouse working together right? Sorry for sounding stupid, but it's a Monday morning and I haven't quite got any other ideas yet. I will plug my mini-mouse in my RC2 version of Mepis later and see if I can confirm/deny the problems you are having.
Sorry I don't have any other clues at the moment
Jon
touchpad & PS2 Mouse - Not Working Together
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Hi Jon
When the mouse is not plugged in the touchpad works.
When the mouse is plugged in the Touchpad will work for a short while then freeze.(The mouse does not work as well and we get the syslog output as posted)
Yes the main problem is getting the mouse and touchpad to work together at the same time.
Cheers
the main problem is
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Yes the main problem is getting the mouse and touchpad to work together at the same time.
What is the make and model of your Laptop?
regards,
Bad Dog
SimplyMEPIS 6.0-rc-2 - KDE 3.5.3 - kernel 2.6.15-25
See if this works. . .
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Hi gvcYeah thanks for the good url but no good, Ive got a PS2 mouse so Im not sure if the settings for a USB mouse are supposed to work..I tried it anyway without success
Ive also tried using a microsoft serial mouse no go.
Try pasting this in your /X11/xorg.conf file instead (under "ServerLayout" section):
InputDevice "PS/2 Mouse" "SendCoreEvents"
The code for the USB mouse worked for me, (I have a USB mouse) so perhaps modifying it to fit your PS/2 mouse it will work for you?
I Have No Problem
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rinjin, I normally don't post when I don't have a problem, but I think it might apply in this case. If you have your mouse plugged in before you power up you shouldn't have a problem. I have a mini-mouse that I use occasionally, and I use the touchpad all the time.
Plug it in before power up and let me know if it works. Oh, exactly what laptop do you have?
Jon