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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!nih-csl!helix.nih.gov!crtb From: crtb@helix.nih.gov (Chuck Bacon) Subject: Re: Mouse button 2 doesn't work Message-ID: <1993Oct11.220949.13137@alw.nih.gov> Sender: postman@alw.nih.gov (AMDS Postmaster) Organization: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda References: <1993Oct4.140601.3834@alw.nih.gov> <MYCROFT.93Oct6061210@duality.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <CEHKqv.Fy8@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1993 22:09:49 GMT Lines: 35 Hay, I'm Chuck Bacon, and I said I couldn't get the middle mouse button to work. I found the answers. Here are two of them: 1. The mouse has a slide switch on bottom labeled "Microsoft" and "Mouse Systems." Set it to "Mouse Systems" 2. In Xconfig, change the "Microsoft" keyword to "MouseSystems" Now, Xfree flies and the mouse looks great. 3. Back in DOS land, try and find out how to fix Windows 3.1! Head for "mouse" under control panel, and all you see is the two-button mouse with no mention of mouse brand name! The secret is to go to hardware setup (this is from mem., so I'm being approximate), and lo & behold, here's this seletcion of mouse brands. Replace "Microsoft" with "Mouse Systems" and you're home free. So now I can switch between 386bsd/Xfree and DOS/Windows without having to fiddle with the mouse's switch. AND! All 3 buttons work. Thanks to those who straightened me out: L Jonas Olsson <ljo@proteus.EEAP.CWRU.Edu> David Dawes <dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU> James Bottomley <J.E.J.Bottomley@damtp.cambridge.ac.uk> James Grinter <jrg@doc.ic.ac.uk> PS: How come the greatest number of responses came from Brits? Thanks, chaps (sun never sets, etc.)! -- Chuck Bacon - crtb@helix.nih.gov ( alas, not my 3b1 )-: ABHOR SECRECY - DEFEND PRIVACY