If you have both a USB mouse (or USB mice) and some other kind of pointer device, you may wish to use gpm in repeater mode. If you have a PS/2 mouse on /dev/psaux and a USB mouse (or USB mice) on /dev/input/mice, then the following gpm command would probably be appropriate: gpm -m /dev/input/mice -t imps2 -M -m /dev/psaux -t ps2 -R imps2 . Note that this will make the output appear on /dev/gpmdata , which is a FIFO and does not need to be created in advance. You can use this as the mouse "device" to non-X programs, and both mice will work together.
Table 12-1. Arguments for the -t and -R option of gpm .
option
description
ms
MicroSoft compatible serial mouse
ps2
PS/2 or C&T 82C710
bm
Logitech bus mouse
bm
ATI XL bus mouse
mb
MicroSoft bus mouse
msc
Mouse Systems serial mouse
logi
older mouse
mman
Mouse Man protocol, serial Logitech mouse
sun
SUN mouse, three button
ms3
Intellimouse with wheel, at serial port
imps2
Intellimouse with wheel, at PS/2 port
pnp
PnP mice, alternative to ms
mm
MM series
bare
oldest serial two button mouse
12.17.9.4. Wrist Input Device - Twiddler
The gpm contains a driver for the Twiddler device at the serial port. For information about the Twiddler see Handykey Corporation .
