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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!dkuug!diku!dingbat
- From: dingbat@diku.dk (Niels Skov Olsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: 3 button mice
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.231023.18608@odin.diku.dk>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 23:10:23 GMT
- References: <4916@ceylon.gte.com>
- Sender: dingbat@rimfaxe.diku.dk
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen
- Lines: 16
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- (Michael Hackney) writes:
-
- >Does anyone have any information on 3 button mice under Linux? I have a 3
- >button 'Alien' mouse that supports MicroSoft and PC (has a switch on the
- >mouse's belly). However, I can't find anything to check if the middle
- >button works. When I run the 'mouse' utility in /usr/X386/lib/X11/tst/mouse
- >withe the MS option only 2 buttons work. Are there generic Linux or DOS
- >testing programs to see if my mouse's middle button even works?
-
- I have a Genius GM-F302 with a 2/3 button switch on the belly. This
- also switches between Microsoft mode and Mousesystems mode. Therefore
- set the switch to 3 buttons and include try this in your Xconfig:
-
- mousesystems "/dev/<your.mouse>"
-
- Niels
-