Bug 465657

I doubt that it there are any users that need two mice on the same X-Server with one of them being configured right-handed and the other left-handed.

Nevertheless, I happen to have two mice connected to my computer and tested it. Actually I even can configure one of them right-handed and one left-handed.

Ok, I can configure it consistently the mixed way but the change applies to both mice connected to the system.

Stefan, is this trivial to change?

What do you mean by "any user". I am one of them and I have tree mice -- regular mouse, touchpad, and track point. Is laptop nowadays is such rarity?

Reopening, please test this on laptop, I can attach screenshot, whole section for mouse is disabled. Besides, originally, sax treat all mice as one, via /dev/input/mice (if I remember correctly).

Left/right-handed mix is just an example (but important for me, and I guess for a lot of handicapped users).

With all your mice using "mouse" driver you can't have different settings. I'm sorry. Maybe it can work when we switch to evdev driver together with some runtime tool like xinput, but SaX2 is a tool for a static configuration using "mouse" driver.

Stefan, than how I was able to configure three mice using opensuse 10.3?

I did it manually editing xorg.conf. No magic -- if I can do this, sax should be able to do this too. And I didn't use evdev.

Please reopen, this is really shame, sax is limiting xorg capabilities -- independent mice configuration as well as the properties (tapping, scrolling).

(In reply to comment #5)
> Stefan, than how I was able to configure three mice using opensuse 10.3?
> 
> I did it manually editing xorg.conf. No magic -- if I can do this, sax should
> be able to do this too. And I didn't use evdev.
> 
> Please reopen, this is really shame, sax is limiting xorg capabilities --
> independent mice configuration

Again. That's not possible when using the "mouse" driver.

>  as well as the properties (tapping, scrolling).

Now you're talking about synaptics, a completely different driver.

I am completely lost.

Sax is not able to make distinction between mice, so user has to manually edit xorg.conf and it is ok. Is this really state of the art of modern OS? Not an irony, but I cannot grasp an idea it is invalid report, i.e. wishing for adding such features into sax.

> Again. That's not possible when using the "mouse" driver.
> >  as well as the properties (tapping, scrolling).
> Now you're talking about synaptics, a completely different driver.

Stefan, what user knows about drivers? She/he would plug it in and configure mice.

Again, if I can do manually, editing xorg.cong without installing any extra software, then sax should be able to do this also.

As an attachment my old.xorg conf. 3 mice configured (manually) not knowing even anything about drivers.

Created attachment 265736 [details]
xorg.conf

And my current config, note that I don't use /dev/input/mice at all.

Created attachment 265737 [details]
xorg.conf

current one

Well, if you use /dev/input/mouse<X> or even /dev/ttyS<X> this might be possible.
But we really want to use the multiplexer /dev/input/mice for a static configuration, since then a mouse always works - even when plugged in after the
Xserver start.

Hmm, could it be that for static connection -- already configured -- /dev/input/mouseX is used, and for dynamic -- dev/input/mice?

It is really painful to read all manuals for xorg.conf and do it manually (just for the record, I am happy it is doable at all, because it is not possible in windows).

Any improvement in this are would be really great.

Btw. thank you for the tip about evdev, maybe it will solve my current problem with bluetooth mouse.