From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Dec 10 20:01:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA08422 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 20:01:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA08411 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 20:01:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA04077; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 22:01:32 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 22:01:31 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon X-Sender: cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us To: Gregory Sutter cc: FreeBSD-Hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mousen In-Reply-To: <19981209230101.H12269@orcrist.mediacity.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, Gregory Sutter wrote: > On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 07:57:06PM -0600, Chris Dillon wrote: > > > Yup. I have a Marble FX. The box for this thing had "Windows" all over > > it and I was afraid it wouldn't work with FreeBSD, having 4 buttons and > > all. Turns out it was detected AND XFree86 sees all the buttons. :-) > > Does your fourth button do anything funky, or just double-left-click > like mine? Not much at all, actually. I imagine this has everything to do with the window manager you're using. xev reports the fourth button press/release event just like any of the other buttons. > > The Trackman Marble FX is the best trackball I have ever laid my > > eyes/hands on. Only works well for righties though. Logitech might > > make a lefty version, but I haven't seen it in stores. > > It is also the best trackball I have ever seen or used. I also use > a Kensington Turbo Mouse every day, and the Logitech beats that one > hands down. It's cheaper, too, at about $75. I paid $100 for mine a few months ago. I guess the price has come down somewhat. It made me cringe when I saw the pricetag, but I couldn't pass it up. :-) > These mice rule. > > Greg > -- > Gregory S. Sutter The best way to accelerate Windows > mailto:gsutter@pobox.com is at 9.8 m/s^2. > http://www.pobox.com/~gsutter/ > PGP DSS public key 0x40AE3052 > -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net /* FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and compatibles (SPARC and Alpha under development) ( http://www.freebsd.org ) */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message