Re: Audio, Printer queue and Mouse button
On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Daniel Karlsson wrote:
> 3) How can I make my middle mouse button work. I've tried all options in the
> configuration, but none of them works.
If you have read the appropriate MINI-HOWTO and tried all possible
combinations of mouse type * {gpm,XF86Config} options, killed gpm,
restarted X and unplugged the mouse and plugged it back in again with the
button depressed, then you know what I too have been through.
My three button mouse claims to be "mouse systems compatible" tho (ahum)
I found that I could get the middle button working only if I either:
-rebooted the pc holding the (left?) mouse button depressed;
-unplugged the mouse and plugged it back in with the button depressed;
-took up the soldering iron and connected two pins of the controller ic
in the mouse (this is described in the MINI-HOWTO.)
The first and second options are pretty annoying. The third works great for
linux, however the mouse could not be used in windos anymore.
In the end I decided that I had had a good afternoon's fun and had picked
up some fair skills in rodent epidemiology and -heart surgery, but bought a
Happy Mouse from Genius anyway.
They're quite reasonably priced and work out of the box on both linux and
windos. If you can find a mouse with a 2/3-button switch, those work fine
too, I guess.
Good luck,
Joost
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