Description of Problem: XFree86 can quite easily be set up in such a way that it will simultaneously accept input from several different mice connected to different ports. It would be very nice if mouseconfig could support such a setup, too. I'm mainly using this feature of XFree86 in order to allow an external mouse to be connected to a laptop, and taken into use withough rebooting or reconfiguring. I've got it all working via manual updates to /etc/X11/XF86config-4; I have one pointer entry for PS/2 (i.e. the internal device), and one for USB (where I connect the external one). The problem is that this configuration gets messed up every time I run "mouseconfig" or "Xconfigurator". Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 4.23-1
I have just completed a text mode interface for redhat-config-mouse, which means that mouseconfig will be deprecated in the next release of Red Hat Linux. Therefore, I will not be putting any development time towards fixing mouseconfig bugs, so I'm closing this as 'wontfix'.
As far as I can tell, redhat-config-mouse doesn't have this functionality, either. Reopening with new product and OS version.
redhat-config-mouse does accept input from multiple mice. It's not really clear in the interface, but it should set up /etc/sysconfig/mouse and /etc/X11/XF86Config with the right multiple settings. What mice combinations are not working for you?
I'm testing with a Logitech cordless mouse + keyboard connected to the PS/2 mouse, and another Logitech (wheel) mouse connected to via USB. But maybe the problem isn't redhat-config-mouse; I've now tested a bit more, and got all sorts of weird behaviour, like the keyboard not working after the mouse is disconnected, which I guess point towards a hardware or driver problem. When I think about it, I remember seeing unexpected results like this in the past, too, for keyboard + mouse combos. Anyhow, this is just a test setup; what I really want to work, is the internal pointer device *and* a USB mouse (Logitech Wheel) on a Toshiba laptop, but I haven't been able to test Red Hat 8.0 or 9 with that configuration yet.
Hmmm, I can't explain the keyboard problem. Anyway, if you want a ps/2 and a usb mouse to work at the same time, run redhat-config-mouse and pick the ps/2 as the default mouse. That will set up both the ps/2 and the usb mouse. There is a bug in that if you pick the USB mouse in the list, only the USB mouse will work, but if you pick the ps/2, then both will work. I will try to fix this when I get a chance.
The keyboard behaviour really baffles me, but I guess the setup may be wired in an odd odd manner, since there is a common IR tranciever for the keyboard and mice, with only one cable to it. Anyhow, I've now been able to test on the final setup, and it acually does accept input from both pointer devices when I set it up the way you say. I still don't feel the config tool gives me a lot of control over the setup though. In particular, it's not clear to me how I set parameters for each of the mice (note that they are quite different, as the internal device has only two buttons, while the USB unit is typically a 3-button mouse with scroll wheel.)
You're right...it doesn't give you total control over both devices but it's not designed to. The goal is to get a basic mouse configuration so that people can have a working mouse setup. If they need to do more customization, they can learn about modifying the XF86Config file manually. Basically, there are so many different kinds of mice that it would be impossible to write one config tool that allowed fine-grained control for all of them. So, the idea is to make a config tool that makes the common case simple.