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From: sdslavin@pegasus2.astro.indiana.edu (Shawn Slavin)
Subject: Re: XFree 3 button mouse!?
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In article <31p0ta$f8f@mercury.mcs.com>, Daniel Leeds <dleeds@MCS.COM> wrote:
>
>I have a three button mouse and have installed XFREE86.  The problem is 
>only two buttons work.  The left and right ones work but not the middle 
>one!  I cant cut and paste between windows etc...not good at all.
>
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>         	Daniel Leeds 			FreeBSD 1.1.5
>         	dleeds@mcs.com 			salmacis
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Hi, I have a Logitech MouseMan 3-button mouse, and the fix was to include the
"ChordMiddle" keyword in the Xconfig file.  Appearently, some mice send a
middle mouse button signal by sending right+left.  So, try putting the above
keyword in your Xconfig.  Hope it works!


-- 
Shawn Slavin
Indiana University Astronomy

Internet:  sdslavin@pegasus2.astro.indiana.edu