[ltp] USB Keyboard and Mouse XF86 Config.

Antiphon linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 22 Mar 2004 15:32:16 -0500


Change Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"

in the Mouse2 section to the same as your USB mouse's protocol:

Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"


Can't help you with your keyboard problem since I never use an external one.


Gonzalo Avaria wrote:

> Hi experts
> I need a little help.
> I Have a USB Keyboard with layout "la", and a USB Mouse with wheel. I Use them 
> on a Thinkpad 600x , that have a "Keyboard Mouse" (a little red dot with 3 
> buttons).
> The thing is that i only have 1 usb port on the laptop, so i have to connect 
> the mouse to the ps2 port and the keyboard to the usb. 
> These are the questions:
> 1.- When i use the mouse on usb i have the wheel working, but if i connect it 
> to the ps2 i cannot use the wheel anymore. How can i get it working?
> 2.- The layout on the notebook's keyboard is "us_int", i would like to have 
> them on different layouts, i mean, if i type something on the notebook 
> keyboard i woul like it to use the us_int. If i write on the usb keyboard, to 
> use the "la" layout.
> I tried to modify the XF86Config, but didn't work. If i connect the usb 
> keyboard it changes the layout of the notebook's keyboard. If i try to use 
> the wheel on the mouse (on PS2) it doesn't work.
> 
> I send you the XF86Config as an attachment, so please excuse me for the lenght 
> of the mail
> Thanks for your time.
> Gonzalo Avaria
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