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Subject: Re: Syscons CUT&PASTE functionality added...
To: mark@grondar.za (Mark Murray)
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 09:30:25 +0200 (MET DST)
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In-Reply-To: <199606231221.OAA00844@grumble.grondar.za> from "Mark Murray" at Jun 23, 96 02:21:43 pm
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In reply to Mark Murray who wrote:
> 
> > > > I'd like to hear how this works out with different mousetypes and
> > > > especially with different display hardware. Please note this works
> > > > only on ega's and above, as the mousepointer is done by reprogramming
> > > > the charset, giving the illusion that a "real" graphic mousepointer
> > > > is used.
> 
> It does not work here. I have a vga (Et4000 with 1MB) and a genius
> mouse (works on X as MouseSystems on /dev/ttyd1)

Erhm, is those Genius mice of the kind that defaults to Microsoft
mode ??, if so try it as such, or mess with the *DTR* or some such
defines in moused. I'm not sure exactly what this code does
(hey I didn't write it :) ), but it seems to support putting
these schizzo mice into the "right" mode.


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