[6766] in RedHat Linux List
Drop an anvil on my mouse or go back to W95?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lance Cummings)
Sat Nov 30 10:10:31 1996
From: "Lance Cummings" <lance@iac.co.jp>
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Date: Sun, 1 Dec 1996 00:09:26 +0900
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A lot of nice people have volunteered the command
xset m <integer>
as the solution to my mouse woes. Well perhaps I'm
not putting this in the right place, or perhaps I've got
the syntax wrong, but it's not having any impact at all.
I've tried putting it in .Xclients. I've also tried .Xdefaults.
None of these attempts have had any influence on mouse
behavior in Metro-X. It still stinks. I've tried xset m 4, and
xset m 8. And I've tried 'em both in both the files I mentioned.
Nada. Well, what am I doing wrong, please?
Next question: For a supposedly rock-solid system, my Linux
acts stranger than W95 ever has. For example, the startx
command produces at least two different start up configurations,
seemingly at random. Config one has the little windows that
allow you to control virtual X windows (I don't know what that
little panel is called.) in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.
The two xterm windows are top-center and lower-left.
Config two opens with the two xterm windows
side-by-side at the top of the screen, and the little virtual windows
panel at the left-center of the screen. These different configs
open randomly with no user input or mods from me or anyone
else. I can startx 4 or 5 times, and it seemingly randomly opens
to one configuration or the other -- about half the time to one and
half the time to the other, but not alternately. What the heck kind
of system is that? I realize it's probably this Metro-X thing, and not
Linux, but whatever it is, I don't like it.
And while I'm at it, what about that little virtual windows panel and
its buddy the (?) cpu usage monitor? Am I the only one who thinks
that coders who design things to always be on top of the desktop,
yet that cannot easily be dragged aside, ought to be subjected to
prolonged torture? (Perhaps they should be forced to do graphic
design using my X mouse for a few months.) <g> How the heck do
I get these obstructions where I want them?
Yes, I'm still quite frustrated by it all.
Lance
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