configuring a 3 button mouse.

[Geoffrey]

Dan Nicholson wrote:
> 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?

Absolutely no output when pressing the middle (wheel) button.

It's quite difficult to depress the left+middle at the same time as the 
wheel turns.  The fact that I get nothing when the middle button is 
depressed is weird.  I'm beginning to wonder if I have a bad mouse?

> 
> --
> Dan
> 


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