From owner-freebsd-bugs Sat Feb 15 13:27:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA14031 for bugs-outgoing; Sat, 15 Feb 1997 13:27:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from smoke.marlboro.vt.us (smoke.marlboro.vt.us [198.206.215.91]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA14018 for ; Sat, 15 Feb 1997 13:27:51 -0800 (PST) Received: (from cgull@localhost) by smoke.marlboro.vt.us (8.7/8.8.3/cgull) id QAA09464; Sat, 15 Feb 1997 16:27:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 16:27:13 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199702152127.QAA09464@smoke.marlboro.vt.us> From: john hood To: Kazutaka YOKOTA , bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: moused and X11R6 In-Reply-To: <199702090213.LAA11763@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> References: <199702090213.LAA11763@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Kazutaka YOKOTA writes: > > >Here's my > >setup: > >I use a generic mouse that can autoswitch between 2button microsoft mode > >and 3 button mousesystems mode. There is no physical switch on the mouse to > >select the modes. It depends on what instructions it's fed. > > Interesting. I haven't heard about such mice before... Which company > makes such beast? Quite apart from Leonard's comment that his mouse is actually something different, there are mice that do precisely what is described above. I've got an ITAC trackball that does just this. They work by detecting RTS low (or was it DTR low? or both? the manual's someplace else) when the mouse is started. Check the XFree86 mouse code for details. Unfortunately, the 2.1.5 FreeBSD serial code seems to have a bug that prevents this autodetection from working (I've not tracked it down yet). --jh -- John Hood cgull@smoke.marlboro.vt.us Predictably, they all eventually wandered away, rubbing their bruises and brushing mud out of their hair. Some went off to work for the ESA, launching much smaller rockets into low orbits, while others elected to sit on their front porches drinking Jim Beam from the bottle and launching bottle rockets from the empties. [Jordan Hubbard]