Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 22:44:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Daniel Ortmann <ortmann@sparc.isl.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: moused and "Appoint" 3-button mouse Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970915224232.3096Z-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199709151403.JAA00639@watcher.isl.net>
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On Mon, 15 Sep 1997, Daniel Ortmann wrote: > I'm running FreeBSD-current 3.0. > > Ok, I give up. Help! > > - I've got an "Appoint" 3-button mouse. > > - All three buttons worked fine under X as a "microsoft" mouse. > (Although it was a bit jumpy/flakey at times. At least copy-n-paste > worked.) > > - I added moused_port="/dev/cuaa0" and moused_type="microsoft" to > rc.conf.local > > - According to the directions I've pointed X to /dev/sysmouse and > called it a MouseSystems mouse. > > The problem is that my middle button is ignored and I can't > copy-n-paste with it. On the other hand, on the vt console screens > I can copy-n-paste fine with the 3rd button. > > What do I do? Give up moused? Moused has first crack at your mouse, and it has to translate what it gets over to Mouse Systems so X can see it. I don't know what your mouse is doing to make the middle button work -- maybe it's a chord click? In any case moused can't handle it and so it gets filtered. > I see some code in the moused source that is trying to work around > some sort of LogiTech button problem ... but I can't figure out how > to apply the information to my situation. The X option "Emulate3Buttons" or "ChordMiddle" may help you. These are in the Pointer section of /etc/XF86Config. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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