add second USB mouse and treat input separately

[windsword]

I'm searching the forums for clues or code snippets on how to add two usb mice to a linux system and treat the input from each USB mouse as separate input, and not have the 2nd usb mouse behave as the primary usb mouse.

I'm trying to implement a simple push-button using the 2nd usb mouse. Another option I'm looking into is using a joystick an only track the main push-button.

We are currently using the usb PHIDGET Sensor device, but it doesn't work well under heavy and continuous use.

Any suggestions any of you an offer will be greatly appreciated.

// Sal @ Northwestern University

[ChrisW67]

The initial setup of multiple independent pointers in X:
http://ao2.it/en/blog/2010/01/19/poo...iple-mice-xorg
How you plumb them (or indeed if you can plumb them) into QGesture is probably covered here.