- is it possible to configure both PS/2 & serial port mouse in the same machine
- Posted by karthikeyan on December 2nd, 2003
sir,
is it possible to configure both PS/2 & serial port mouse in the same machine.
I am running redhat Linux 6.2
I am having ps/2 & serial port .(can i use both ports for mouse)
Will there be any interrupt conflict?
can i use /dev/mouse & /dev/mouse1
Help me
- Posted by P.T. Breuer on December 2nd, 2003
In comp.os.linux.help karthikeyan <thegreatkarthik@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
Sure. What do you mean by "configure"? Both of them work just fine.
Of course not. Serial ports are usually on 3 and 4. ps/2 bus usually
uses 12 (9?). If you have a conflict, it's your own creation.
Why? What for?
To do what?
I suggest that you are struggling to express yourself.
Perhaps you mean "can I get X to take input from both my meeces at the
same time"?
If you do mean that, the answer is "yes". It's normal. I use both a
ps/2 mouse and a usb mouse in X, for example. See the X docs (:-)>
Peter
- Posted by mjt on December 2nd, 2003
On 2 Dec 2003 03:04:41 -0800, thegreatkarthik@yahoo.co.in (karthikeyan) wrote:
.... yes
.... yes
.... nope
..
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- Posted by Doug Laidlaw on December 3rd, 2003
P.T. Breuer wrote:
port (back in the days before PS-2 or Linux) for 2-player games. I suppose
that the op.is saying: if I use /dev/mouse for both, won't they move the
same cursor?
Doug.
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- Posted by P.T. Breuer on December 3rd, 2003
In comp.os.linux.help Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@myaccess.com.au> wrote:
[ps2 and serial mouse]
Suppose again.
He can't use /dev/mouse for both. /dev/mouse is a symlink. It must
point at something. It either will point at /dev/psaux or
/dev/bus/usb/ttyUSBS0 or whatever (/dev/input/....). It can't point at
both.
If you do as I suggest and configure X to take input from both meeces,
then both of them will move the X cursor - that is the idea.
Peter
- Posted by karthikeyan on December 4th, 2003
sir,
I need the documentation for connecting(using) both serial & PS/2 Port mouse
in the same machine
mjt <mjtobler@removethis_consultant.com> wrote in message news:<dT0zb.1195$Oe5.436@newsread2.news.atl.earthl ink.net>...
- Posted by mjt on December 4th, 2003
On 4 Dec 2003 01:29:45 -0800, thegreatkarthik@yahoo.co.in (karthikeyan) wrote:
..... 'sir'? well, when you put it like THAT:
Second Mouse in X mini-HOWTO
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/XFree86-Se...use/index.html
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