Re: three button mouse issues


Subject: Re: three button mouse issues
From: Brett Humphreys (bhumphre@odd35.cs.ohiou.edu)
Date: Wed May 24 2000 - 18:53:20 MDT


I'm _sure_ this has already been covered, but what version of the kernal do
i need to run to make my contour mouse to work? 2.2.10?
thanks
-brett

>
> I have done some more detailed disection and I think I should take back some
> of the following:
>
> >I noticed that the mouse works as a three button mouse irrespective of whether
> >the XF86Config file says its a 1, 2 or 3 button mouse, is this related to the
> >problem with emulating 3 buttons on a one-button mouse; that is the kernal
> >always threats a USB mouse as a 3-button mouse?
>
> It's true that 3 buttons work the same irrespective of the the mouse setup,
> provided you're taking only about the 3 buttons and not the scroll wheel, and
> you have booted with the 3-button disconected (that is booting with the
> standard USB Mac mouse). I found that if I boot with the 3+ button mouse
> selected and the Logitech mouse plugged in, the mouse and keyboard are frozen.
> It seems really inelegant to have to boot with one mouse and then switch over
> to another to be able to use the scroll wheel. Is there anything that can be
> done about this?
>
> thanks
> Dan Kortschak
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