[Gllug] plug / unplug mice without restarting X

[Stephen Harker]

Tom Schutzer-Weissmann wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 16:00 +0100, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
>> Tom Schutzer-Weissmann wrote:
>>> Is there an easy way to plug & unplug mice and other input devices
>>> without having to restart X to use them?
>> I do this often with USB mice and keyboards.  It Just Works[tm].
> 
> lovely.
> 
> My problem is that the generic mouse device (/dev/input/mice in my case)
> doesn't fit the bill, because the pointing devices I use need to be kept
> separate (graphics tablet, providing cursor, pen, eraser; Thinkpad
> button with mousewheel emulation, used left-handed; generic USB mouse,
> used right-handed).

Hmmm. Perhaps you could have mentioned that in the first place :)

Stephen
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