left-hand USB mouse + right-hand touchpad in 8.04?

[PeregrinGo]

Hi all,

I have a Dell XPS m1530 laptop that I have been running Hardy on for about 5 months. I have tendonitis in my right elbow, so I prefer to use a left-hand USB mouse configuration. BUT, when I'm not using the mouse, I want the touchpad to be configured with the regular right-hand configuration. It's a pain if you have to re-configure the mouse settings every time. Does anyone know if you can do the left-hand USB, right-hand touchpad combination???

[PeregrinGo]

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[PeregrinGo]

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[mavicdog]

Hi all,

I have a Dell XPS m1530 laptop that I have been running Hardy on for about 5 months. I have tendonitis in my right elbow, so I prefer to use a left-hand USB mouse configuration. BUT, when I'm not using the mouse, I want the touchpad to be configured with the regular right-hand configuration. It's a pain if you have to re-configure the mouse settings every time. Does anyone know if you can do the left-hand USB, right-hand touchpad combination???

With every "upgrade" I have to reconfigure this. Usually it involves modifying xorg.conf but with the latest 10.10 it just does not work. xorg.conf has nearly disappeared...does anyone know how to do this?

[mavicdog]

Go figure - after 3 weeks of searching I found a workable solution here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1325508

just reverse the button mapping for right hand or left hand touchpad. Keep the USB mouse settings to right or left as desired via the gui tool in preferences.