Date: 01 Oct 1998 21:08:00 -0700 From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mouse behavior Message-ID: <m3ogrvobbz.fsf@chub.local> In-Reply-To: Greg Lehey's message of "Fri, 2 Oct 1998 12:49:13 %2B0930" References: <m3ww6joe46.fsf@chub.local> <19981002124913.D26384@freebie.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> writes: > On Thursday, 1 October 1998 at 20:07:53 -0700, Harry Putnam wrote: > > After installing FreeBSD-2.2.7, I haven't been able to figure out how > > the mouse is supposed to work. The dialogue box where you test to see > > if it works duing install, showed it to be working. > > > > Now when logged in I can hylite text in console mode and it sort of > > shivers and glitters as well as hylites. But no movement of text from > > one place to another seems possible. To insert something at the > > command line, isn't happening. Left click, hylite and copy, right > > click paste isn't it? > > Not in UNIX. Paste with middle button. Of course, I tried every combination known to man including middle mouse. No go. But in console mode isn't it just right mouse to paste? I know its middle mouse in X but haven't installed X stuff yet. On linux box its just right mouse in console mode to paste. But like I said, middle mouse doesn't do it either. -- Harry Putnam reader@newsguy.com Running Redhat Linux-5.1 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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