Originally Posted by Benson

Here's a script; plug the mouse in, run this:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
killall evrouter mouse_poll
rm /tmp/.evrouter\:0.0
for devfile in /dev/input/event*; do
  sudo /bin/chmod a+r $devfile
done 
mouse_poll `evrouter /dev/input/event* |head -6 | grep Mouse| cut -d: -f2`&
while [ "x`grep Mouse  /proc/bus/input/devices`" != x ]; do
  sleep 10
done
killall evrouter mouse_poll

It cleans things up, runs the mouse_poll and evrouter to transfer motion and clicks, respectively, and waits until the mouse is unplugged, then it exits. You could easily make it loop forever, restarting the programs when the mouse shows back up, but I'm leaving it manually started for the moment.

You'll need to add /bin/chmod a+r /dev/input/event* in sudoers, like:

Code:

user ALL = NOPASSWD: /bin/chmod a+r /dev/input/event*

You'll also need evrouter and mouse_poll themselves; source for both was linked early in this thread, but I'm going to attach binaries. I don't know that they will work; they may need libraries not installed by default. If anyone gets them to work, please reply here. They are reported to work, so have at it.

If you build from source, apt-get install:

• gcc
• make
• libc-dev
• libx11-dev
• libxt-dev
• libxtst-dev

Install the binaries somewhere on the path / make the path point to the binaries.

Making the cursor visible is easy; install an alternate theme, or use the fallback non-themed cursors by commenting the line in /home/user/.icons/default/index.theme:

Code:

[Icon Theme]
#Inherits=xcursor-transparent

Then reboot, for it to take effect.