Subject: Re: 3-button serial mouse problems
From: Myles Vredenburg (mvredenburg@global2000.net)
Date: Mon Oct 11 1999 - 22:06:18 MDT
Myles Vredenburg wrote:
>
> I'm trying to get my el-cheapo 3-button serial mouse working under X to
> no avail. It's an InterAct model SV-708A if that means anything to
> anyone (i.e. I'm not sure if it's a MouseSystems, Microsoft, etc.). It
> works reasonably well with gpm. I can select text using the left button
> and paste it using the right button. It does not work under X. The
> mouse cursor moves, but none of the buttons work. I've tried every
> serial mouse protocol known to XF86. Any suggestions?
>
> BTW, the serial mouse is plugged into the printer port of my Power Mac
> 7600 using a pc-to-mac serial adapter that came with a Palm Pilot
> cradle.
>
> TIA,
> Myles
The mouse works beautifully with the "MouseSystems" protocol if and only
if the left mouse button is depressed when the X Server is started. I
guess this forces the mouse into MouseSystems mode. Is there a less
kludgey way to get this thing to work?
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