Re: Mouse? (fwd)
On Sun, 21 Sep 1997, G. Crimp wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Sep 1997, Lazar Fleysher wrote:
>
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > I think I have to clarify the question I have.
> >
> > I have 2 mice which I tried....
> >
> > One is 3-button Microsoft mouse. I use ms option in gpm. It works ALL
> > RIGHT in text mode: all three buttons. Under X-windows left and right
> > buttons are O.K., but middle one does not work at all. I tryed to emulate
> > the third button, but it does not work either.......
> >
>
> I may be stepping out on a limb here as I am far from being a
> Linux expert. I mostly just plod along trying to get my own modest
> system working correctly and doing a few simple things (And when I finally
> get something to work I sit back and quietly think to myself `Thank god
> there is an alternative to MicroSoft'). However, your problem is so
> similar to my own experience with X that I thought I would reply for what
> it is worth.
>
> My mouse has a switch that lets me choose between two modes PC and
> MS. I thought that MS meant MicroSoft, but apparently it means
> MouseSystems. I had to change the following line in the file XF86Config
> (and not the file xf86config) from :
>
> Section "Pointer"
> Protocol "MicroSoft"
>
> to :
>
> Protocol "mousesystems"
>
> and this solved the middle button problem.
> [snip]
The addition of ClearDTR did it for me and my really cheap mouse.
Protocol "MouseSystems"
ClearDTR
...
Cheers,
-
Jim Thomas
Northcote, Melbourne, Oz
-
PGP: http://www.dezzanet.net.au/~jim_t/pgp.html
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