> I've just done a fresh FC2 install on a Sony PGC-Z1XSP which comes with > an Alps touchpad. If I boot without a USB mouse attached the touchpad > and keyboard are both detected, snip.. > But if I boot with a USB mouse attached then the touchpad isn't detected > and nothing I can think of will bring it to life. > > OTOH, attaching the USB mouse _after_ boot works just fine: X responds > to both the touchpad and the mouse via /dev/input/mice. Check section "ServerLayout" of /etc/X11/xorg.conf When you have more than one pointer, all except one should be described as AlwaysCore. Main should be (in your case alps) CorePointer. I have similar setup with Synaptic touchpad: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "AlwaysCore" InputDevice "Synaptics Mouse" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection -- Eng. Dusan Djordjevic (RHCE)