Oracle^® Solaris 11 Desktop Accessibility Guide

To Configure Alternative Pointer Devices on Oracle Solaris Systems

1. Before you connect the alternative pointer device to your system, list the existing devices.

   # ls -l /dev/usb/hid*

2. Connect the alternative pointer device to your system.
3. List the new device.

   # ls -l /dev/usb/hid*

4. In the file /usr/openwin/server/etc/OWconfig, add the following lines.

   # Sun Mouse module
   	class="XINPUT" name="IMOUSE2"
   	dev="/dev/usb/hid2" strmod="usbms"
   	ddxHandler="ddxSUNWmouse.so.1"
   	ddxInitFunc="ddxSUNWmouseProc";

   where:

   • The name option starts with the string IMOUSE but is extended to form a unique string, such as IMOUSE2 or IMOUSE3, depending on the number of existing devices.

   • The dev option specifies the device name that you identified in Step 3.

5. Remove the following lines from the OWconfig file.

   # Null Mouse module class="XINPUT" name="NMOUSE" 
   	ddxHandler="ddxSUNWmouse.so.1" ddxInitFunc="ddxnullmouseProc";

6. Save the /usr/openwin/server/etc/OWconfig file.
7. Restart the X Server.