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From: bhiksha@tifrvax.tifr.res.in
Subject: Mouse problem...XFree86-1.3 on NetBSD 0.9
Message-ID: <5OCT93.04385139@tifrvax.tifr.res.in>
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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1993 04:38:51 GMT
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I am running XFree86-1.3 on a 486 running NetBSD 0.9
When i use a logitech 3-button mouse, (with the default XConfig),
i get very odd response: the cursor movements are staccatto and dont seem
to correlate to the mouse motions very much. Also, the machine seems to
be receiving a lot of button-clicks, even though i dont touch the buttons
and the screen goes haywire.
I have used the same mouse with all kinds of applications on dos and it
worked fine. I tried replacing the mouse with another of the same type
and that barfed too.
However, when i put a microsoft mouse on, it works beautifully!
Unfortunately it is a two button mouse!

Can anyone tell me why the logitech mouse misbehaves?
Also, how can i use a two  button mouse to emulate three buttons (say
have the second button function as the middle button when double clicked,
or along with the esc key)?

thanks
bhiksha
bhiksha@tifrvax.tifr.res.in