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Date:      Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:01:26 -0500
From:      Dan Kilbourne <bsd-lists@netophilia.net>
To:        "Bomgardner,Jon " <JBOMGARD@stpaultravelers.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Xorg and mouse....
Message-ID:  <20041214170126.GA91799@netophilia.net>
In-Reply-To: <9BC9288098C55A46B392908FB05FD09B25AC5C@TDEXB0VC.prod.travp.net>
References:  <9BC9288098C55A46B392908FB05FD09B25AC5C@TDEXB0VC.prod.travp.net>

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Bomgardner,Jon  extolled:
> Hello All! 
> 
> Well, I was finally able to get Xorg up and running at full screen
> however, I seem to have this peculiar problem. While I can move my mouse
> around in the window, I cannot use any of the mouse buttons. Now, I have
> not set up a Window Manager yet (will be setting up KDE as soon as I can
> get things straightened out) but I thought I'd at least get a
> right-click context menu in Xorg.  Would this be correct? And if so, how
> would I go about troubleshooting this?  I have no way to remotely
> connect to the computer so any suggestions involving that probably won't
> help.
> 
> Anyway, after the success I've had with answers from the group so far, I
> expect it won't take long to lick this problem as well...
> 
> Thanks in advance for the help,
> Jon Bomgardner
> 


Try running a window manager that is already installed - you should have
twm. Just add it to your .xsession or .xinitrc file, and that will give
you a right-click menu

I am sure there are other ways to make sure the mouse works though.


-- 
___
Dan



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