Re: irda problems + dual mouse on thinkpad

On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 19:59, Andy Green wrote:
> On Monday 17 November 2003 11:46, Dexter Ang wrote:
> 
> > now when i installed fedora, only the usb mouse works. is there any way
> > to get the usb to work, but still keep the touchpad/pointing stick to
> > work as well? what exactly do i need to add to X's configuration?
> 
> Here are the relevant parts of /etc/X11/XF86Config that work in that very way 
> on an IBM R31 here:
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier     "Default Layout"
>         Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>         InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>         InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>         InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Mouse0"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Protocol" "PS/2"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
>         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 
> # If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
> # this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
> # also use USB mice at the same time.
>         Identifier  "DevInputMice"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>         Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>         Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> EndSection
thanks! this works.
> 
> > next question... irda. i've loaded /etc/rc.d/init.d/irda. irda is binded
> > to /dev/ttyS1. when i use pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyS1 -L, i can list what
> > is on my palm. this only works as root. i've already chmod'd /dev/ttyS1
> > to 777, made a symbolic link to it called /dev/pilot. loaded up
> > pilot-xfer -L, and, as my normal user, it says it can't bind to
> > /dev/pilot. is there anything else i have to do to make it work with a
> > normal account? this used to work with rh9, where a simple change of
> > permissions work. i've already tried changing owner to my account, but
> > it still doesn't work.
> 
> Don't really know about this, but I would try changing the owner of /dev/ttyS1 
> and /dev/pilot to your normal user.  If I was feeling brave I might try to do 
> cat /dev/pilot as the normal user and see if there was a more informative 
> error message.
i've actually found the solution to this. irda works with /dev/ircomm0.
now palm syncing through irda works again.
> 
> > extra question: is it appropriate for people to reply "thanks" to
> > answers that work? or is it better to just leave it, saving some people
> > the bother of downloading unnecessary email? thanks =)
> 
> Actually its useful information to hear that the solution fixed the problem... 
> if people are searching for the same problem months or years later its useful 
> to know that the proposed solution helped someone sometime.  Oftentimes the 
> proposer of the 'solution' is making an educated guess and it leaves him none 
> the wiser if he never hears back.
i took your tip. thanks again!
> 
> - -Andy

Dex


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