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Re: no response from the most generic 3-button mouses



On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 07:47:42AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> In XF86Config-4, these work fine for my Trackman Marble+:
> Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS1"
> Option "Protocol" "IntelliMouse"
> But when I instead attach the most common simplest 3 button mouses,
> I get no response from the mouses at all. mdetect doesn't detect them,
> moving around the mouse or not, yes with xdm stopped, using just the
> console. mdetect detects the Trackman Marble+ fine.  No, I don't have
> gpm or imwheel installed.  Saying
> # Option "Protocol" "MouseSystems"
> # Option "Protocol" "Microsoft
> doesn't help.  I don't think these matter
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> when trying to get the least response from the mouse, so I didn't
> remove them.
> 
> For instance, I'm talking about mouses like this:
> http://home.att.net/~nalutz-lgi/List_of_Product_Table_Contents/index/Product__5/Roltek_PS2_3-Button-Mouse__New/roltek_ps2_3-button-mouse__new.html
> 
> Krone Whale Mouse, and Mouse GM 203P.

PS/2 mice - those with the mini-DIN plug - use a different device. You want
/dev/psaux for the Device and probably PS/2 for Protocol (for a plain
3-button mouse) or ImPS/2 (if it's got scroll wheels).

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