Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:11:39 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Can console emulate 3 button mouse Message-ID: <200403241611.i2OGBdo24185@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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Hi All, I had an old machine with a three button mouse (wheel) running an ancient FreeBSD - circa 3.4. I could copy/paste with it in CLI at the console. Now I have a fast new machine with FreeBSD 4.9, but the mouse is two button. In X it does the emulate 3 button when both buttons are pressed just fine. But, that doesn't seem to work on the console. It highlights text just fine, but I haven't discovered a combination that will get it to write that back out. Actually I have two machines, different models, same vendor (Dell) with two button mouses that won't paste. I do have moused enabled in rc.conf and have done a vidcontrol -m on but, although everything else seems to work, the "paste" does nothing. I have done some searching and tried various things that might be remotely related, but nothing has helped. Is there some something I can do (without spending $$$) or am I just out of luck on this? Thanks for any helpful suggestions, ////jerry
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