irda problems + dual mouse on thinkpad
Dexter Ang
thepoch at mydestiny.net
Mon Nov 17 12:35:16 UTC 2003
On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 19:59, Andy Green wrote:
> On Monday 17 November 2003 11:46, Dexter Ang wrote:
>
> > now when i installed fedora, only the usb mouse works. is there any way
> > to get the usb to work, but still keep the touchpad/pointing stick to
> > work as well? what exactly do i need to add to X's configuration?
>
> Here are the relevant parts of /etc/X11/XF86Config that work in that very way
> on an IBM R31 here:
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse0"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>
> # If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
> # this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
> # also use USB mice at the same time.
> Identifier "DevInputMice"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> EndSection
thanks! this works.
>
> > next question... irda. i've loaded /etc/rc.d/init.d/irda. irda is binded
> > to /dev/ttyS1. when i use pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyS1 -L, i can list what
> > is on my palm. this only works as root. i've already chmod'd /dev/ttyS1
> > to 777, made a symbolic link to it called /dev/pilot. loaded up
> > pilot-xfer -L, and, as my normal user, it says it can't bind to
> > /dev/pilot. is there anything else i have to do to make it work with a
> > normal account? this used to work with rh9, where a simple change of
> > permissions work. i've already tried changing owner to my account, but
> > it still doesn't work.
>
> Don't really know about this, but I would try changing the owner of /dev/ttyS1
> and /dev/pilot to your normal user. If I was feeling brave I might try to do
> cat /dev/pilot as the normal user and see if there was a more informative
> error message.
i've actually found the solution to this. irda works with /dev/ircomm0.
now palm syncing through irda works again.
>
> > extra question: is it appropriate for people to reply "thanks" to
> > answers that work? or is it better to just leave it, saving some people
> > the bother of downloading unnecessary email? thanks =)
>
> Actually its useful information to hear that the solution fixed the problem...
> if people are searching for the same problem months or years later its useful
> to know that the proposed solution helped someone sometime. Oftentimes the
> proposer of the 'solution' is making an educated guess and it leaves him none
> the wiser if he never hears back.
i took your tip. thanks again!
>
> - -Andy
Dex
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