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Re: three button mouse problems

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug 'Doogiemeister' Kremer)
Tue Oct 22 13:55:27 1996

Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 13:53:42 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Doug 'Doogiemeister' Kremer" <kremer@Kremerdg.gardens.udayton.edu>
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cc: dmd@3e.org
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yes,   invoke gpm with the -R switch and point your x-server at
/dev/gpmdata instead of /dev/mouse or whatever..  this uses then the same
settings for accelleration, etc that you had in text mode.  It makes gpm
serve as the mouse driver instead of X..


On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Daniel M. Drucker wrote:

> I have a generic brand three button serial mouse.
> The middle mouse button works on text console using gpm, but under X
> it is inoperative and I am forced to instead chord the left and right
> buttons.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> 
> 		  [ Daniel M. Drucker / dmd@3e.org ]
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