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Date:      Thu, 8 Feb 2001 07:25:15 -0700 (MST)
From:      Aaron Mildenstein <aaronm@orem.verio.net>
To:        Thomas Stratmann <thomas.stratmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Cc:        <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Weird mouse click/drag behaviour
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.31.0102080721410.31951-100000@mx.dmz.orem.verio.net>
In-Reply-To: <3A828D95.E12D4628@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>

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On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Thomas Stratmann wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> thanks for the efforts to several of you, I could not fix it yet but I
> see clearer now.
>
> The symptom is as such: When I click and immediately move wildly no
> click is assumed, but when I then stop the movement before releasing
> button 1 then a click is assumed at the new position.
>
> My X server used the wrong device, but I fixed it now (I think):
> Section "Pointer"

Right here, since you appear to be using a PS/2 mouse, try this line
instead:


Protocol	"PS/2"

>   Protocol	"SysMouse"
>   Device	"/dev/sysmouse"
> #  BaudRate	1200
> #  Emulate3Timeout 50
>   Resolution	100
> #  Emulate3Buttons
> EndSection

I had a similar experience with mice before, and hard-specifying seemed to
help.  Hope this isn't works.  The only other idea would be to disable the
moused at the console when x is started, and then start it up again
afterwards.

Aaron Mildenstein


>
> I commented lines out as above as I suspected a double
> 3rd-button-emulation conflict.
> The emulation as such works.
>
> The problem seems to appear in the system console, too.
>
> My moused options: moused -t auto -3 -E 2 -p /dev/psm0
> (I tuned down the -E timeout as I suspected the problem there, but I was
> wrong. Using such a stupid short time interval works, my fingers seem
> thick enough)
>
> I am running out of ideas now, maybe someone of you not ;-)
>
> Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> >
> > Thomas Stratmann wrote:
> > >
> > > Is there a hack for posting messages on a terminal (e.g. log messages)
> > > whenever my moused thinks I click? Would be useful for tracking this
> > > problem.
> > >
>
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