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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!metro!news From: dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes) Subject: Re: XFree86 1.3 and Microsoft/MouseSystems mice Message-ID: <1993Jun19.081727.734@ucc.su.OZ.AU> Sender: news@ucc.su.OZ.AU Nntp-Posting-Host: physics.su.oz.au Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia References: <C8pvHq.Mxp@cbnewsj.cb.att.com.take2> <C8uv45.23q@cs.uct.ac.za> Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1993 08:17:27 GMT Lines: 33 In article <C8uv45.23q@cs.uct.ac.za> sandi@cs.uct.ac.za (Sandi Donno) writes: >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? It is supported on 386BSD, Linux and SVR4 (providing the drivers you are using support the TIOCMSET ioctl). As far as I know this code hasn't been tested. We just tried to do what an external program someone posted did. Maybe someone who has been using that program can test the ClearDTR option and let us know if it works. Are you sure the mice you are using switch protocols in this way? Many dual protocol mice do not (for example, the one I have runs in MouseSystems mode by default, and to get MicroSoft mode I have to hold down a button when powering on). >Sandi Donno >sandi@cs.uct.ac.za David -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Dawes <dawes@physics.su.oz.au> DoD#210 | Phone: +61 2 692 2639 School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia | Fax: +61 2 660 2903 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------