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>4.5. Using independent mice with XFree</H1
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>To use an independent mouse for each of your independent X servers/sessions, you just have to modify the input section of the XFree configuration files to point to the proper device files.</P
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>Use <TT
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>/dev/input/mouse[n]</TT
>, where n is the number of your mouse starting from 0:
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>1st mouse --> <TT
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>/dev/input/mouse0</TT
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>2nd mouse --> <TT
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>/dev/input/mouse1</TT
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>3rd mouse --> <TT
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>/dev/input/mouse2</TT
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>4th mouse --> <TT
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>/dev/input/mouse3</TT
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>You shouldn't use <TT
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>/dev/input/mice</TT
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>Here is my configuration before modifications:</P
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# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "ChordMiddle"
EndSection
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>After modifications for the first X server:</P
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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "ChordMiddle"
EndSection
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>For the second X server:</P
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# **********************************************************************
# Pointer section
# **********************************************************************
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse1"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
# Option "ChordMiddle"
EndSection
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