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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!uunet!psgrain!ee.und.ac.za!shrike.und.ac.za!casper.cs.uct.ac.za!sandi From: sandi@cs.uct.ac.za (Sandi Donno) Subject: XFree86 1.3 and Microsoft/MouseSystems mice Message-ID: <C8uv45.23q@cs.uct.ac.za> Organization: Computer Science Department, University of Cape Town References: <C8pvHq.Mxp@cbnewsj.cb.att.com.take2> Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1993 06:24:04 GMT Lines: 13 In <C8pvHq.Mxp@cbnewsj.cb.att.com.take2> David Wexelblat <dwex@mtgzfs3.att.com> writes: > 14) Support has been added to handle mice that can switch between > Microsoft and MouseSystems modes via toggling of DTR for OSs that > provide a mechanism for manipulating RS-232 control leads. I have tried two dual-protocol mice on 386bsd with XFree86 1.3 (Tec and Unitron), and neither mouse will go into MouseSystems mode using the cleardtr option. Is 386bsd one of the OSs that support this option, or does the problem lie with these mice? -- Sandi Donno sandi@cs.uct.ac.za