Re: [SLUG] Newfangled mice and Xfree

[davidf@nospam.magentatech.com.au (Dave Fitch)]

Charlie Brady <charlieb@nospam.aurema.com>
> I've got a couple of new, unfancy, inexpensive mice which work fine using
> "gpm -t ms" - so GPM treats it as a 3-button Microsoft mouse. But I can't
> get the middle button to work with Xfree.
> 
> I notice that gpm can be used to relay mouse events to the X server. Does
> anyone use that feature? How well does it work? Any other advice?
> 
> [I've tried the Emulate3Buttons and ChordMiddle options.]

I had got my netscroll mouse working fine (with the wheel acting
as a button at least) by using the mousesystems setting in gpm
rather than the ms setting.

Dave.
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