You should try configuring all 3 and find out ;) If you keep the original file in the same directory, the worst that can happen is your X server won't start, and you end up logging into a console and moving the original back into place.
<br><br>As for which file to use from dev, the best way to do this, I think, is to create a file in /etc/udev/rules.d/, and then write your own udev rule that creates a unique symlink to the correct file whenever you plug in the device.
<br><br>For example, I have a Logitech MX500, if I want to use it with evdev, I need to point to the right /dev/input/eventX file, so I have a line in /etc/udev/rules.d/99-custom.rules like so:<br><br>KERNEL=="event*" ACTION=="add" SYSFS{manufacturer}=="Logitech" SYSFS{product}=="USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse" RUN+="/usr/sbin/logitech_applet -d -s 800" SYMLINK="input/mx500"
<br><br>The == are checks, the = are assignments. For info on how to write your own rules, I recommend looking at <a href="http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html">this guide</a>. <br><br>I'm also using Ubuntu
6.06, by the way, that and Gentoo.<br><br>Simon<br><div> <br>On 8/16/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andy Revak</b> <<a href="mailto:andy.revak@gmail.com">andy.revak@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><div><span class="gmail_quote">
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><span class="q" id="q_10d183a7e8c7df2d_0">Thanks for the reply. I am mostly trying to gain a broader understanding of how X works. For instance one of the problems i'm trying to solve for myself right now is I have a laptop, I have a Samsung 20" LCD at home and I plan to have a Samsung 19" CRT at home, obviously I can't hook them all up at the same time will X bomb out if I configure all 3 monitors properly (my laptops screen and my 2 samsungs) and 1 or 2 of them are not attached?
<br><div><br>This next question may be a general linux question and distro dependent but is there any way for me to detect what /dev/??? i should use for my inputs like I am going to plugin a USB keyboard to my laptop, how do I determine what settings I should use for that input, is there a way to get it to autodetect?
<br><br>As for your questinos, I am using Ubuntu 6.06 right now but I have used slackware, red hat and debian before so I can sort of get around but I am still definitly learning the ropes as far as basic linux knowledge is concerned, thank you very much for your time.
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