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Re: 3 button mouse
On Sun, 13 Apr 1997, Elad Tsur wrote:
> I've recently installed Linux on my computer. However I discovered that
> the middle mouse button does not work in XFree 3.2. After reading GPM
> documentation I discovered that:
>
> 1. My mouse is MS compatible with 3 buttons "hack" - real MS mice have
> only 2 buttons.
> 2. XFree does not support this hack.
> 3. GPM does, and I can use the -R option to pas it to XFree
> 4. However I cannot drag with the mid button because of the limitation
> of the hack.
> 5. I it very difficult to find a 3 button mouse that uses *another*
> protocol, as most salesmen don't have a clue what I'm talking about.
>
> So my question is: where can I buy a 3 button mouse that support
> "real" 3 button protocol ? Do they still exist or has MS done it again?
There are really cheap mice 3-buttons with switch MS/PC of
as normal people call it Microsoft/MouseSystem. They cost
20-40 NIS. BTW I read in 3-buttons-mouse mini-Howto that
if you don't have such switch you just need to hold left
mouse button during boot to tell mouse act as MouseSystem
mouse.
In MouseSystem mode those mice are real 3-button mice and
supported both by gpm and by XFree/Xinside.
I also found SystemMouse driver for Win95 and have not yet
found such driver for NT. This way I do not need to touch
the click then I reboot into Win95.
I use such a mouse which cost me 25 NIS in Michlol and
I think I'll never want Logitech/MS mouse.
For more info - RTFM 3-buttons-mouse miniHowto
>
> Thanks for your help...
>
> --
> Elad Tsur
>
Alexander Indenbaum
baum@actcom.co.il
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