Subject: Re: How to make 4th mouse button work
To: NetBSD Help <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Soren Jacobsen <soren@blef.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/24/2003 00:15:05
On 07/24 00:01, Bryan P wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a PS/2 Logitech trackball mouse with 4 buttons. I connect it to my
> NetBSD-current laptop via a PS/2 -> USB converter. Three of the buttons
> work fine (in X). The fourth has no effect and generates no event under
> xev. I also have a scrollwheel touchstrip on my laptop that I've
> successfully set up to work as a scroll wheel under X. Both input devices
> can work fine simultaneously under X. Is there any way I can get that 4th
> button to work?
mouse(4) has:
Option "Buttons" "integer"
Specifies the number of mouse buttons. In cases
where the number of buttons cannot be auto-
detected, the default value is 3.
Perhaps setting that to 4 will work.