[kde-linux] KDE and xorg.conf mouse settings conflict - how do I disable KDE control of my mice?

[Kevin Krammer]

On Thursday 08 November 2007, Andrew Malota wrote:
> Howdy folks:
>
> I have my xorg.conf set up for two mice: a Synaptics touchpad built into my
> laptop and an external Logitech USB mouse.
>
> When I'm using X with no KDE, my mouse settings (acceleration, scrolling,
> etc.) are perfect - note that they're not the same for both mice.
>
> When KDE starts, it tramples the settings for the touchpad AND the external
> mouse - it applies the same acceleration setting to both devices, which
> makes both impossible to control.
>
> I can change the acceleration setting in KDE control center, but it applies
> to both mice, which is not what I want.
>
> Is there a way to tell KDE not to override the mouse settings that the X
> server is already using?

No, unfortunately this seems to not have been considered by the developers of 
the respective code.

I recommend filing a bug report against product "kcontrol", 
component "kcminput" on bugs.kde.org

As a workaround you could try to move/rename kcm_input.so, usually in the last 
directory of the following command's output

% kde-config --path module

Cheers,
Kevin

-- 
Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer
KDE user support, developer mentoring
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