# evdev driver for mouse with absolute mode

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/evdev-driver-for-mouse-with-absolute-mode/35122>\
**Category:** SUSE Linux Enterprise Server\
**Created:** [June 30, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/evdev-driver-for-mouse-with-absolute-mode/35122 "2020-06-30T20:22:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Siddalingeshwar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Siddalingeshwar](https://forums.suse.com/u/Siddalingeshwar)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/evdev-driver-for-mouse-with-absolute-mode/35122/1 "2020-06-30T20:22:58Z")

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Hi All,  
I need my mouse to get recognised as absolute.  
By default it is relative, please help me with configurations to change it to absolute.

OS Details.  
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86\_64)  
VERSION = 11  
PATCHLEVEL = 1  
[X.Org](http://X.Org) X Server 1.6.5

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/evdev-driver-for-mouse-with-absolute-mode/35122/2 "2020-06-30T21:06:06Z")

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Hi  
Is a `/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf` file present? I’m assuming this is a touchscreen device? If it’s not present it’s likely lurking in the package you installed and just needs to be copied to the above location and configured as required. If it is present, can you post the contents.

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**Author:** ![Siddalingeshwar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@Siddalingeshwar](https://forums.suse.com/u/Siddalingeshwar)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/evdev-driver-for-mouse-with-absolute-mode/35122/3 "2020-07-01T05:29:13Z")

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thanks for replying. No file is present /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf

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**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/evdev-driver-for-mouse-with-absolute-mode/35122/4 "2020-07-01T12:22:23Z")

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Hi  
Did you install the driver from source, or is there a xf86-input-evdev package available (11 SP1 is so old…)?