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NAME

       mouse - Xorg mouse input driver

SYNOPSIS

       Section "InputDevice"
         Identifier "idevname"
         Driver "mouse"
         Option "Protocol" "protoname"
         Option "Device"   "devpath"
         ...
       EndSection

DESCRIPTION

       mouse  is  an  Xorg input driver for mice.  The driver supports most available mouse types
       and interfaces, though the level of support for types of mice depends on the OS.

       The mouse driver functions as a pointer input  device.  Multiple  mice  are  supported  by
       multiple instances of this driver.

SUPPORTED HARDWARE

       USB mouse
              USB  (Universal  Serial  Bus)  ports  are present on most modern computers. Several
              devices can be plugged into this bus, including mice and  keyboards.   Support  for
              USB mice is platform specific.

       PS/2 mouse
              The  PS/2 mouse is an intelligent device and may have more than three buttons and a
              wheel or a roller.  The PS/2 mouse is usually compatible  with  the  original  PS/2
              mouse from IBM immediately after power up.  The PS/2 mouse with additional features
              requires a specialized initialization procedure to enable these features.   Without
              proper initialization, it behaves as though it were an ordinary two or three button
              mouse.

       Serial mouse
              There have been numerous serial  mouse  models  from  a  number  of  manufacturers.
              Despite  the  wide  range  of  variations, there have been relatively few protocols
              (data format) with which the serial mouse talks to the host computer.

              The modern serial mouse conforms to the PnP COM device specification  so  that  the
              host  computer  can  automatically detect the mouse and load an appropriate driver.
              This driver supports this specification and can detect  popular  PnP  serial  mouse
              models on most platforms.

       Bus mouse
              The  bus  mouse  connects to a dedicated interface card in an expansion slot.  Some
              older video cards, notably those from ATI, and integrated I/O cards may also have a
              bus mouse connector.

       The  interface  type  of  the  mouse  can be determined by looking at the connector of the
       mouse.  USB mice have a thin rectangular connector.  PS/2 mice are equipped with a  small,
       round  DIN 6-pin connector.  Serial mouse have a D-Sub female 9- or 25-pin connector.  Bus
       mice have either a D-Sub male 9-pin connector or a round DIN 9-pin connector.   Some  mice
       come  with  adapters  with which the connector can be converted to another.  If you are to
       use such an adapter, remember that the connector at the very end of the mouse/adapter pair
       is what matters.

CONFIGURATION DETAILS

       Depending  on  the  X  server  version in use, input device options may be set in either a
       xorg.conf file, an xorg.conf.d snippet or in the configuration files read by the  Hardware
       Abstraction Layer (HAL) daemon, hald(1).

       Please refer to xorg.conf(5) for general configuration details and for options that can be
       used with all input drivers.  This section only covers configuration details  specific  to
       this driver.

       The  driver  can  auto-detect the mouse type on some platforms.  On some platforms this is
       limited to plug and play serial mice, and on some the auto-detection works for  any  mouse
       that  the  OS's  kernel driver supports.  On others, it is always necessary to specify the
       mouse protocol in the config file.  The README document provided with this driver contains
       some detailed information about this.

       The following driver Options are supported:

       Option "Protocol" "string"
              Specify the mouse protocol.  Valid protocol types include:

                   Auto,   Microsoft,   MouseSystems,  MMSeries,  Logitech,  MouseMan,  MMHitTab,
                   GlidePoint,  IntelliMouse,  ThinkingMouse,  ValuMouseScroll,   AceCad,   PS/2,
                   ImPS/2,  ExplorerPS/2,  ThinkingMousePS/2,  MouseManPlusPS/2,  GlidePointPS/2,
                   NetMousePS/2, NetScrollPS/2, BusMouse, SysMouse, WSMouse, USB, VUID, Xqueue.

              Not all protocols are supported on all platforms.  The  "Auto"  protocol  specifies
              that  protocol auto-detection should be attempted.  The default protocol setting is
              platform-specific.

       Option "Device" "string"
              Specifies the device through which the mouse can be accessed.  A common setting  is
              "/dev/mouse",  which  is  often a symbolic link to the real device.  This option is
              mandatory, and there is no default setting. The driver may however attempt to probe
              some  default  devices  if  this option is missing.  Property: "Device Node" (read-
              only).

       Option "Buttons" "integer"
              Specifies the number of mouse buttons.  In cases where the number of buttons cannot
              be auto-detected, the default value is 3.  The maximum number is 24.

       Option "Emulate3Buttons" "boolean"
              Enable/disable the emulation of the third (middle) mouse button for mice which only
              have two physical buttons.  The third button is emulated by pressing  both  buttons
              simultaneously.   Default:  on,  until  a press of a physical button 3 is detected.
              Property: "Mouse Middle Button Emulation"

       Option "Emulate3Timeout" "integer"
              Sets the timeout (in milliseconds) that the driver waits  before  deciding  if  two
              buttons  where  pressed  "simultaneously"  when  3  button  emulation  is  enabled.
              Default: 50.   Property: "Mouse Middle Button Timeout"

       Option "ChordMiddle" "boolean"
              Enable/disable handling of mice that send left+right events when the middle  button
              is used.  Default: off.

       Option "EmulateWheel" "boolean"
              Enable/disable   "wheel"   emulation.    Wheel  emulation  means  emulating  button
              press/release events when the mouse is  moved  while  a  specific  real  button  is
              pressed.   Wheel  button  events  (typically  buttons 4 and 5) are usually used for
              scrolling.  Wheel  emulation  is  useful  for  getting  wheel-like  behaviour  with
              trackballs.   It  can  also be useful for mice with 4 or more buttons but no wheel.
              See the description of the EmulateWheelButton,  EmulateWheelInertia,  XAxisMapping,
              and YAxisMapping options below.  Default: off.

       Option "EmulateWheelButton" "integer"
              Specifies  which  button  must  be held down to enable wheel emulation mode.  While
              this button is down, X and/or Y pointer movement will generate button press/release
              events  as  specified for the XAxisMapping and YAxisMapping settings.  If set to 0,
              no button is required and any motion of the device is converted into wheel  events.
              Default: 4.

       Option "EmulateWheelInertia" "integer"
              Specifies   how   far  (in  pixels)  the  pointer  must  move  to  generate  button
              press/release events in wheel emulation mode.  Default: 10.

       Option "EmulateWheelTimeout" "integer"
              Specifies the time in milliseconds the EmulateWheelButton must  be  pressed  before
              wheel  emulation  is  started.  If  the  EmulateWheelButton is released before this
              timeout, the original button press/release event is sent.  Default: 200.

       Option "XAxisMapping" "N1 N2"
              Specifies which buttons are mapped to motion in the X direction in wheel  emulation
              mode.   Button  number N1 is mapped to the negative X axis motion and button number
              N2 is mapped to the positive X axis motion.  Default: no mapping.

       Option "YAxisMapping" "N1 N2"
              Specifies which buttons are mapped to motion in the Y direction in wheel  emulation
              mode.   Button  number N1 is mapped to the negative Y axis motion and button number
              N2 is mapped to the positive Y axis motion.  Default: no mapping.

       Option "ZAxisMapping" "X"

       Option "ZAxisMapping" "Y"

       Option "ZAxisMapping" "N1 N2"

       Option "ZAxisMapping" "N1 N2 N3 N4"
              Set the mapping for the Z axis (wheel) motion to buttons or another axis (X or  Y).
              Button  number  N1  is mapped to the negative Z axis motion and button number N2 is
              mapped to the positive Z axis motion.   For  mice  with  two  wheels,  four  button
              numbers can be specified, with the negative and positive motion of the second wheel
              mapped respectively to buttons number N3 and N4.  Note that the protocols for  mice
              with  one  and  two  wheels  can  be  different  and  the driver may not be able to
              autodetect it.  Default: "4 5".

       Option "ButtonMapping" "N1 N2 [...]"
              Specifies how physical mouse buttons  are  mapped  to  logical  buttons.   Physical
              button  1  is  mapped  to logical button N1, physical button 2 to N2, and so forth.
              This enables the use  of  physical  buttons  that  are  obscured  by  ZAxisMapping.
              Default: "1 2 3 8 9 10 ...".

       Option "FlipXY" "boolean"
              Enable/disable swapping the X and Y axes.  This transformation is applied after the
              InvX, InvY and AngleOffset transformations.  Default: off.

       Option "InvX" "boolean"
              Invert the X axis.  Default: off.

       Option "InvY" "boolean"
              Invert the Y axis.  Default: off.

       Option "AngleOffset" "integer"
              Specify a clockwise angular offset (in degrees) to apply  to  the  pointer  motion.
              This  transformation  is  applied before the FlipXY, InvX and InvY transformations.
              Default: 0.

       Option "SampleRate" "integer"
              Sets the number of motion/button events the mouse sends per second.   Setting  this
              is only supported for some mice, including some Logitech mice and some PS/2 mice on
              some platforms.  Default: whatever the mouse is already set to.

       Option "Resolution" "integer"
              Sets the resolution of the device  in  counts  per  inch.   Setting  this  is  only
              supported  for  some  mice,  including  some PS/2 mice on some platforms.  Default:
              whatever the mouse is already set to.

       Option "Sensitivity" "float"
              Mouse movements are multiplied by this  float  before  being  processed.  Use  this
              mechanism  to  slow  down high resolution mice. Because values bigger than 1.0 will
              result in not all pixels on the screen being  accessible,  you  should  better  use
              mouse  acceleration  (see  man xset) for speeding up low resolution mice.  Default:
              1.0

       Option "DragLockButtons" "L1 B2 L3 B4"
              Sets "drag lock buttons" that simulate holding a button down, so that low dexterity
              people do not have to hold a button down at the same time they move a mouse cursor.
              Button numbers occur in  pairs,  with  the  lock  button  number  occurring  first,
              followed by the button number that is the target of the lock button.

       Option "DragLockButtons" "M1"
              Sets a "master drag lock button" that acts as a "Meta Key" indicating that the next
              button pressed is to be "drag locked".

       Option "ClearDTR" "boolean"
              Enable/disable clearing the DTR line on the serial port used by  the  mouse.   Some
              dual-protocol mice require the DTR line to be cleared to operate in the non-default
              protocol.  This option is for serial mice only and is  handled  by  the  X  server.
              Default: off.

       Option "ClearRTS" "boolean"
              Enable/disable  clearing  the  RTS line on the serial port used by the mouse.  Some
              dual-protocol mice require the RTS line to be cleared to operate in the non-default
              protocol.   This  option  is  for  serial mice only and is handled by the X server.
              Default: off.

       Option "BaudRate" "integer"
              Set the baud rate to use for communicating with a serial mouse.  This option should
              rarely be required because the default is correct for almost all situations.  Valid
              values include: 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200.  Default: 1200.

       There are some other options that may be used to control  various  parameters  for  serial
       port  communication,  but  they  are  not  documented  here  because  the driver sets them
       correctly for each mouse protocol type.

SEE ALSO

       Xorg(1), xorg.conf(5), Xserver(1), X(7), README.mouse.

       hal(7), hald(8), fdi(5).