Return to BSD News archive
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!pegasus2.astro.indiana.edu!sdslavin From: sdslavin@pegasus2.astro.indiana.edu (Shawn Slavin) Subject: Re: XFree 3 button mouse!? Message-ID: <Cu0qEL.58B@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: pegasus2.astro.indiana.edu Organization: Indiana University References: <31p0ta$f8f@mercury.mcs.com> Date: Thu, 4 Aug 1994 16:13:32 GMT Lines: 25 In article <31p0ta$f8f@mercury.mcs.com>, Daniel Leeds <dleeds@MCS.COM> wrote: > >I have a three button mouse and have installed XFREE86. The problem is >only two buttons work. The left and right ones work but not the middle >one! I cant cut and paste between windows etc...not good at all. > > >-- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Daniel Leeds FreeBSD 1.1.5 > dleeds@mcs.com salmacis > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Hi, I have a Logitech MouseMan 3-button mouse, and the fix was to include the "ChordMiddle" keyword in the Xconfig file. Appearently, some mice send a middle mouse button signal by sending right+left. So, try putting the above keyword in your Xconfig. Hope it works! -- Shawn Slavin Indiana University Astronomy Internet: sdslavin@pegasus2.astro.indiana.edu