configuring a 3 button mouse.

[Dan Nicholson]

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
> Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Geoffrey
>>>>>> <lists at serioustechnology.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I recently upgraded my Mandriva install and now it appears that my 3
>>>>>>> button
>>>>>>> mouse is emulating a 2 button mouse as cut/paste only works when I
>>>>>>> select
>>>>>>> buttons 1 and 3, but not with button 2.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The middle button is a wheel and scrolling does work with it, which
>>>>>>> leads
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> more confusion.
>>
>> wheel work, and click not ? hum ... the middle button not working at
>> all ?
>> to test it, for example, use middle button on links of Firefox, opens
>> links ?
>
> Wheel scrolls, but button does nothing on links or anything else.
>
>>>> (**) Option "Protocol" "auto"
>>>> (**) Mouse0: Device: "/dev/input/mice"
>>>> (**) Mouse0: Protocol: "auto"
>>>> (**) Option "CorePointer"
>>>> (**) Mouse0: Core Pointer
>>>> (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>>>> (**) Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
>>>> (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>>>> (**) Mouse0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
>>>> (**) Mouse0: Buttons: 9
>>
>> seems correct , may be is not X fault ...
>
> What else could it be???  I might hook this mouse up to another linux box
> and see if it does the same thing.

I don't think it's the driver emulating 3 buttons. Looking at the old
mouse source, it should be giving you a message like "(**) Mouse0:
Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50".

Can you run xev and look for the what codes it gives you when you
press the middle button and left+middle?

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Dan