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

[Knapp]

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>
wrote:

> 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.


Is that a joke? I started this thread. Also that is a typo, it should be
lines.


>
>
> >> 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
>


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