Re: How to work with one-button ADB mouse


Ben Karas (bkaras@mail.nls.net)
Sun, 16 May 1999 00:43:46 -0500


Got it solved!! (At least partially and working!)

I'm on a PowerComputing PowerCenter Pro 180 with an ATI Rage II card
inside. Xconfigurator recognizes that I need the XFree86-FBDev-3.3.3.1 rpm
in order to get X running. However, I didn't know how to setup X68_FBDev
to work. So, I installed XFree86-Xpmac. I then symlinked X68_FBDev to
Xpmac (backing up X68FBDev first of course) and ran X. Option-2 and
Option-3 work as the 2nd and 3rd mouse buttons now in Enlightenment.

If you always use startx (booting into init 3 rather than init 5) you can
use the following command:
startx -- /usr/bin/X11R6/Xpmac
[Your path may vary]

Now if only this weren't a work-around, and if only someone knew how to get
a MacAlly 2-button mouse to work as a two button mouse under Linux...

-Ben Karas

>On Fri, 14 May 1999, John David wrote:
>
>> I am running YDL on a beige G3/233, Machine ID 510, ROM version $77D.40F2
>>
>> I have tried giving the kernel adb=1, left & right ctrl, opt, & cmd with
>> mouseclick, and permutations of those modifiers.
>adb_mouse=1
>
>> I have tried the "clear", "=", and many other keys.
>> I've tried all the function keys.
>> I tried xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 128 130" in the hopes I could get F1 &
>>F2 to
>> work as middle and right mouse buttons, respectively.
>>
>> No luck so far.
>>
>> Any recommendations on what a good multi-button mouse would be to get?
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 14 May 1999 15:10:16 -0400 "Waldo L. Jaquith" <waldo@waldo.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>> > John.David@mankato.msus.edu wrote:
>> > >xinit doesn't take -nooptionmouse or -middlekey or -rightkey. During
>> > >the install, I selected Apple ABD one-button mouse, and emulate 3
>> > >buttons. Which keys emulate buttons 2 and 3?
>> > >Thanks for any info!
>> >
>> > The clear & equal keys function for that purpose, if memory serves.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > Waldo
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>> John David (Biederstedt)
>> Minnesota State University, Mankato
>> http://www.mankato.msus.edu/john/john.html
>> The truth is everywhere.
>>
>>
>
>
>Dan
>
>Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
> email: dburcaw@yellowdoglinux.com
> website: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/



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