<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO: Using two mice </TITLE> <LINK HREF="3-Button-Mouse-10.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="3-Button-Mouse-8.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="3-Button-Mouse.html#toc9" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="3-Button-Mouse-10.html">Next</A> <A HREF="3-Button-Mouse-8.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="3-Button-Mouse.html#toc9">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s9">9. Using two mice </A></H2> <P>In some cases, for instance a laptop with a built-in pointing device, you may wish to use a serial mouse as a second device. In most cases the built-in device uses the PS/2 protocol, and can be ignored if you don't wish to use it. Simply configure gpm or X to use <CODE>/dev/ttyS0</CODE> (or whatever) as usual. <P> <P>To use both at once, you can use <CODE>gpm -M</CODE> to re-export the devices. More details in the gpm man page. Also, XFree 3.3.1 and later support muliple input devices, using the XInput mechanism. Auto-generated XF86Config files should have the necessary comments in them. <P> <P> <HR> <A HREF="3-Button-Mouse-10.html">Next</A> <A HREF="3-Button-Mouse-8.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="3-Button-Mouse.html#toc9">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>
