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Date:      Thu, 20 May 1999 13:12:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Brian Handy <handy@lambic.physics.montana.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Mouse Q
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905201311030.16070-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905191728020.533-100000@lambic.physics.montana.edu>

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On Wed, 19 May 1999, Brian Handy wrote:

> >> I have one of these new mice that have the usual three buttons, and then a
> >> button down on the side that you click with your thumb.  It turns out this
> >> button is the "middle-mouse-button", which is just annoying as it gets.
> >> Does anybody know a secret incantation to change these buttons around?
> >
> >A Logitech Cordless Mouse, eh?  :-)
> >
> >Do you want to fiddle XFree86 or syscons?
> 
> Will XFree86 pick up changes I make in syscons?  I don't claim to
> understand where XF86 gets its mouse-button information from, so I'm not
> sure.  

It depends on how you have X configured.  If it's pointing at
/dev/sysmouse it's using syscons/moused, otherwise it's using the device
directly.

I believe there is an X directive to change the button order.  I've seen a
doc on using mice with wheels that uses it, but I don't have that now.

You might check the XFree86 FAQ.

Doug White                               
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