Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 15:55:44 +0200 From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> To: FreeBSD-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Thinkpad, moused, and FBSD4.3 Message-ID: <20010514155544.S253@speedy.gsinet> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10105140847560.17865-100000@mike>; from tgwilt@suite224.net on Mon, May 14, 2001 at 08:52:40AM -0400 References: <20010511080737.A64524@lunatic.oneinsane.net> <Pine.GSO.4.10.10105140847560.17865-100000@mike>
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On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 08:52 -0400, Tom Gwilt wrote:
>
> Everything works so far - network, XFree with icewm, etc.
> Everything except the cut and paste feature of the mouse.
> [ ... slight rearrangement by me -- G.S. ... ]
> Highlighting text is no problem, but it just won't copy/paste
> like a regular mouse does on any other FreeBSD box I use.
You do use the second (read: middle) button, don't you? Since
that's the paste button. The first (left) one selects, the third
(right) one extends the selection. X and DoS button numbering
differ in this respect, as you might know.
> moused is running in text mode, and the XF86Config file uses
> /dev/sysmouse.
This should be OK. There have been (not numerous, but many)
threads recently. Watch the _protocol_ X expects (I think it
should be "MouseSystems" out of /dev/sysmouse, "SysMouse" is said
to not always work).
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