From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 20 13:12:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50D5B14C09 for ; Thu, 20 May 1999 13:12:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA21015; Thu, 20 May 1999 13:12:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 13:12:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Brian Handy Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mouse Q In-Reply-To: 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 Wed, 19 May 1999, Brian Handy wrote: > >> I have one of these new mice that have the usual three buttons, and then a > >> button down on the side that you click with your thumb. It turns out this > >> button is the "middle-mouse-button", which is just annoying as it gets. > >> Does anybody know a secret incantation to change these buttons around? > > > >A Logitech Cordless Mouse, eh? :-) > > > >Do you want to fiddle XFree86 or syscons? > > Will XFree86 pick up changes I make in syscons? I don't claim to > understand where XF86 gets its mouse-button information from, so I'm not > sure. It depends on how you have X configured. If it's pointing at /dev/sysmouse it's using syscons/moused, otherwise it's using the device directly. I believe there is an X directive to change the button order. I've seen a doc on using mice with wheels that uses it, but I don't have that now. You might check the XFree86 FAQ. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message