[luau] Mouse and touchpad on laptop

[Jeff Mings]

I had the same problem on my Dell Inspiron - with a ps2 mouse, the 
touchpad and trackpoint (it has both) worked fine.  However, when I 
plugged in a USB mouse, the onboard rodents went dead.  The answer 
appears to be simple - the onboard rodents are seen as ps2 devices, and 
as such, the same as the external mouse.  Hence, when I use the ps2 
mouse drivers, they also apply to the onboard rodents.  However, when I 
switch to a USB external rodent, the driver no longer sees the onboard 
rodents, as they are ps2.

-Jeff


Daniel J Nishimura wrote:

>I'm running Redhat 7.3 on my dell 4100 laptop.  The problem is when I use
>a ps/2 mouse, I don't have any trouble switching between the touchpad and
>mouse.  However, when I use a USB mouse, my touchpad is rendered useless.
>Can anyone help me out?  The reason I ask is that I use my laptop at work,
>and I want to be able to unplug at anytime without having to reboot and
>still have the touchpad functional.  Thanks in advance.
>
>-dan
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