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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!nntp.uac.net!news.tufts.edu!blanket.mitre.org!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.windows.x.i386unix Subject: Re: 3 button mice for X11 Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 19:00:57 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 35 Message-ID: <31AE52D9.331A@www.play-hookey.com> References: <4ocfvr$rm6@linet06.li.net> <Pine.3.91.960527233835.14606C-100000@fog.cs.odu.edu> <31AB7C29.3252@www.play-hookey.com> <4ofpsr$hit@stratus.skypoint.net> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (Win16; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:20367 comp.windows.x.i386unix:20137 Patrick Sonnek wrote: > > Ken Bigelow (kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com) wrote: > : Jamie Bowden wrote: > > : I think what he means is a mouse that isn't shaped or "tilted" for > : right-handed people, and there are a bunch of those. I picked up a very > : generic serial mouse at a recent local computer show -- works fine, has 3 > : buttons, and is physically symmetrical. If you can't find such a mouse at > : a computer store, watch for a show coming to a local hotel or exhibition > : hall. You can find some good stuff that way, if you do a little shopping > : around. > > Speaking of generic 3 button serial mice. How does one go about getting > this mouse to work in X? > > I should mention that I am a unix/FreeBSD novice. > Not a problem -- everybody has to start sometime, and I'm not even all that far along with it. When you installed FreeBSD, you were probably asked if you had a mouse installed. If you said "Yes," FBSD created a symbolic link, pointing /dev/mouse to whatever you specified. If you said "No," you can easily create the link. Two examples: ln -s /dev/mse0 /dev/mouse (for bus mouse) ln -s /dev/cuaa0 /dev/mouse (for serial mouse on COM1) Then when you run xf86config, start by selecting a Microsoft-compatible mouse, and allow the program to use /dev/mouse by default. I hope this helps, Ken