On Fri, 2005-05-06 at 10:59 +0200, Toralf Lund wrote: > Wolfgang wrote: > > >On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 13:44 +0200, Toralf Lund wrote: > > > > > >>Ow Mun Heng wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 21:05 +0200, Toralf Lund wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>I just connected a "Creative Notebook Optical" mouse to my FC3 system. > >>>>Works fine, mostly, but it looks like middle-button clicks aren't > >>>>registered. Any ideas why? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>xorg.conf > >>> > >>>Section "InputDevice" > >>> Identifier "Mouse0" > >>> Driver "mouse" > >>> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" > >>> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > >>> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" <----- > >>> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" <----- > >>>EndSection > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Yes, when using those I do get middle-click *emulation*. - Actually, I > >>thought I tried that earlier and that it didn't work, but apparently > >>system-config-mouse didn't update xorg.conf... > >> > >>I'd still prefer the real thing, though. I mean, it seems to me that a > >>switch is activated if I press down the scroll wheel, but X doesn't seem > >>to understand the signal (presumably) being sent. > >> > >>- Toralf > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >If you are using a mouse with 3 buttons, you don't need the > >'emulate3buttons' option in xorg.cfg. Remove it.. It's there for people > >who have two button mice, where you press both buttons to simulate the > >middle button, hence giving you 3 buttons. > > > > > I think you missed the point here. > > The mouse has 3 buttons, but X or the console mouse service on a Fedora > Core 3 setup doesn't understand that it does; nothing happens if I press > the middle button. > > - Toralf > > No, I haven't missed the point. If you setup your Xorg.cfg like the person suggested above, and set the 'Emulate3buttons' to 'NO' then it will work. I have an 8 button mouse and all the buttons work. And I have it configured that way. Plus, for some reason you always need to configure the mouse up manually, as NO distribution I've used to date, detects the mice correctly. Wolf
