On Saturday 28 September 2002 20:20, Wouter Lagerweij wrote: > On Sat, 2002-09-28 at 21:25, Gary Lawrence Murphy wrote: > > >>>>> "W" == Wouter Lagerweij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > W> On Sat, 2002-09-28 at 16:25, Gary Lawrence Murphy wrote: > > >> Are there such things as /real/ 3-button Linux mice? > > > > W> I not sure what you mean. As far as my experience goes, _all_ > > W> three button mice work fine with X/linux. > > > > Interesting; I have tried 3button mice from PC Concepts, RadioShack, > > those bundled with IBM and Compaqs, and others and have always been > > left with one dud button. I have a similar problem with other > > hardware, everything from sound cards (I have the /only/ model of > > Turtle Beach that doesn't work) to digital cameras; maybe I just have > > a 6th Sense when it comes to selecting incompatible hardware. > > It happens. I knew a guy who managed to have almost every single piece > of hardware he bought be defective. Once he brought it back to the store > and got a new one, things would be fine! (And no, most stores don't > react well if you ask them to give you another one _right away_:-) > > But seriously. I've used serial (logitech pilot mouse), ps/2 (logitech > trackman marble / +, 'some clone' trackball, obscure free mouse that > came with a machine) and usb (another logitech). None of them gave me > any trouble. My current "InputDevice" section (Mandrake 9.0 install, > with the aforementioned trackman marble+) reads as follows: > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Mouse1" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > A non-wheel mouse would have the protocol set to "PS/2" (and probable > could do without the ZAxisMapping line), but apart from that this > setting should work with most any modern PS/2 mouse. > > hth, > > Wouter
Thank you! I was just struggling with my Logitech Optical wheel mouse when your email happened to arrive. Your suggestion works tickety-boo with this mouse. Perhaps this ought to be put in the mouse menu in the next revision as nothing else except "standard" works and that doesn't give me the use of the wheel. Clive
