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From: "Jon << JaMah! >> H. Mah" <mahj>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Microsoft Mouse with X Windows?
Date: 31 Oct 1995 22:29:58 GMT
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Try configuring the /dev to correspond to a specific DOS COM port equivalent.
(/dev/cua00  ->  COM1, /dev/cua01 -> COM2, etc.)
And although the brand may be a Microsoft, you may have to select a different
setup in the XF86_Config (just look for the interface you have and the number
of buttons).

And if you have only two buttons, be sure to activate 3-button emulation.

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