>
> on a slightly off topic question.. this weekend I got a
> trackball.. I noticed under NT that I could use either the
> trackball or the serial mouse in the same NT session. ie move
> the serial mouse, then use the trackball and both worked. the
> trackball is a PS/2 and the mouse is a serial mouse.. this does
> not seem to work under Linux :-( it seems to be an either / or
> situation.. gpm would only run one device, and X only lets you
> select one device (afaik), are there any plans to include
> multiple pointing devices usage in and out of X?
>
Both gpm and XFree86 support multiple mice: gpm can use a second mouse
with the option -M and XFree86 can use any number of mice or other
pointing devices (mice, touchscreen, tablets, ...) with the XInput
extension.
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