From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Apr 15 08:55:30 1995 Return-Path: hardware-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id IAA15436 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 15 Apr 1995 08:55:30 -0700 Received: from mail.eskimo.com (root@mail.eskimo.com [204.122.16.4]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id IAA15421 ; Sat, 15 Apr 1995 08:55:15 -0700 Received: from eskimo.com by mail.eskimo.com (5.65c/1.35) id AA27955; Sat, 15 Apr 1995 08:55:12 -0700 Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 08:55:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Dave Haas To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Three button emulation in XFree with MS Ergonomic Mouse Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: hardware-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi there. I've experienced a weird problem with three-button emulation using a Microsoft Mouse (one of the two button, ergonomic deals) in XFree86 3.1.1. Starting from the configuration of XFree, I have selected three-button emulation. And I have subsequently and frequently verified in /etc/XF86Config that indeeed three-button emulation is specified. However, regardless of how I start XFree, three-button emulation doesn't really work. Or, I should say that, on occasion, I've gotten it to work after doing [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[F1]'s followed by [Alt]-[F4]'s. But this is largely ineffectual and seems to be luck, as it's not reproducible. As an example of how the mouse doesn't work, take Xman. When I start Xman and click on the [Manual Page] button, it correctly brings up the initial Xman help page. From the Options and Sections pulldowns menus, however, I am unable to select any options. The cursor simply floats over any of these menu items, without highlighting them. Similarly, in editres, viewres, xfontsel, etc., the same problem exists. Other than fundamental philosophical differences, can anyone suggest what may be causing this disagreement between the mouse and Xfree. Dave Haas daveh@eskimo.com