Configuring external PS/2-Through-USB mouse

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

David Kramer wrote:
> I'm trying to use an external mouse on my SuSE 9.2 Thinkpad T42 It has 
> no PS/2 port, so I got a PS/2 to USB adapter, and plugged the PS/2 mouse 
> into the adapter, then the adapter into the USB port.  When I plugged 
> the adapter in, SuSE aasked me to verify the new keyboard (??!?!) and 
> mouse.  I tried yast and sax2, and couldn't get either of them to get a 
> configuration that would respond to the mouse.
> 
> For the record, the device is a Hand Track FDM-G11, which is a 
> one-handed mouse you put your finger through.
> 
> So...
> Do I treat it like a PS/2 mouse or a USB mouse?
> What device?
> How do I specify more than one mouse in this newfangled X.org stuff?
> 
> PS- I don't have the trackpoint or associated buttons working, either.  
> Just the synaptic pad.  I had them working at one point, then YAST 
> overwrote my XF86Config file.  Thank you, pretty and dangerous GUI.  
> Tips on that appreciated, too.  But the external mouse is the higher 
> priority.

Oh, and, if I were to try a regular USB mouse, what's the device?