From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 10 21:55:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA19191 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 21:55:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (root@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA19178 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 21:55:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA10654; Wed, 10 Jun 1998 23:55:08 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 23:55:07 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon X-Sender: cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us To: "Paul T. Root" cc: adrian@virginia.edu, jedi@best.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4 button logitech mouse In-Reply-To: <199806060042.TAA26648@horton.iaces.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, Paul T. Root wrote: > In a previous message, Adrian Filipi-Martin said: > > On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Jay Martel wrote: > > > > > Howdy, > > > > > > I searched the mailing list archive but could not find anything > > > on the 4 button MouseMan. > > > > > > Does FreeBSD support all 4 buttons? > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > -Jay > > > > The syscons driver probably doesn't kow about the fourth button, > > but X windows certainly does. I believe X supports pointing devices with > > upto 5 buttons. Check the X11 documentatin for details. I haven't seen > > anything with more than 3 buttons in ages. > > > > BTW, what model is this? I might just get one? It's not the 3 > > button plus a scrolling wheel, is it? > > I believe he's talking about the Logitec TrackMan Marble FX. I wanted one > but my purchesing guy got the regular Marble. Which is nice too. > I just bought one of the TrackMan Marble FXs, and X definately recognises the fourth button. Haven't found much of a use for it yet, but it does DO something at least. This is also the best trackball I've ever laid my hands on (literally). :-) -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net /* FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and compatibles (SPARC and Alpha under development) (http://www.freebsd.org) */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message