[TriLUG] Red Hat 8.0, X, and mouse question

[Jeremy Portzer]

On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 13:28, Matt Hoover wrote:
> Thanks, this was what I needed to get the touchpad working, and now I can
> take my time getting the external mouse working.

On my laptop, I originally had an external PS/2 wheel mouse.  Problem
was that I needed Emulate3Buttons on the touchpad, since it only had two
buttons, but that disabled use of the wheel mouse's middle button.  So I
just got a USB Logitech wheel mouse for $15 at CompUSA.  The default X
configuration for RHL 8 configures both a PS/2 mouse (in my case, the
touchpad), AND a USB mouse.[1]  This way, I can use the USB external
mouse and the internal touchpad interchangeably at any time.  Pretty
nifty.

Also, I highly recommend the optical mice for use with laptops -- no
need to carry around a mousepad; they work fine on almost any surface.

--Jeremy Portzer

[1] Thanks to Jeremy Katz for pointing out that both the PS/2 mouse and
USB are simultaneously configured in RHL 8.