How do you set up the mouse config so that it is stable? WAS How do you make the logitech mouse work right?

[Derek Broughton]

Jonas Norlander wrote:

> 2008/5/23 Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com>:
>> Problems are the 2 times in red. 

Well there aren't any times in this thread - please don't break the threads.

>> xorg.cong:
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>     Identifier "Logitech RX1000"
>>     Driver "evdev"
>>     Option "Protocol" "evdev"
>>     Option "Dev Name" "Logitech USB Optical Mouse"
>>
>>     Option "Dev Phys" "usb-*/input0" # These may change with reboot and
>> testing!!  I don't know why this is. You find them with the command.cat
>> /proc/bus/input/devices
>>     Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2" # These may change with reboot
>>     and
>> testing!!  I don't know why this is.

Jonas solution is simple and best, but to answer the question of why device
names may change with reboot, it's in the nature of the kernel since the
advent of 2.6 that device names aren't fixed - and particularly with USB
devices.  In _most_ cases, if you always boot with the same USB devices
attached, and in the same ports, they'll have the same names, but it's
never guaranteed.  otoh, if you are plugging the mouse into random ports,
it's practically guaranteed that the device will have different names. 
udev handles device naming and ensures that fixed names
(like /dev/input/by-id/*) get generated for everything.
-- 
derek