Steve Revilak wrote:
> This morning I had a few free hours and decided to make another go
> with my (much delayed) attempt at installing 1.4.  (I wanted to take
> the time to go through the new /etc file by file).
> 
> This went better than the previous attempt. (Thanks to those who gave
> me the Gestald ID tip-off!).
> 
> Has anyone else noticed that Option-(1,2,3) no longer work as
> substitutes for mouse buttons 1, 2 & 3?  (My 3 button mouse is still
> backordered..... :-(.  I've searched the digest archives but can't
> find anything relating to it.
> 
> Option-left-arrow does work for mouse-2, and option-right-arrow for
> mouse-3.

you need to compile a kernel with

options 	ALTXBUTTONS

defined.  it may already be in the GENERIC kernel.  the problem with this
particular combination is that it breaks on certain international
keyboards so it was turned off by default.

> Also... pointer tracking is slower in 1.4 in an overall sense.  It
> also varies depending on whether the mouse is over a window or over
> the root image.

as opposed to 1.3?  hmmm...strange.  it's possible that 1.4.1 may be a
little faster as there were some changes pulled up to the 1.4 branch that
should affect the ADB delay.  of course, 1.3 shipped with MRG ADB support
while 1.4 uses the direct-to-hardware driver.  perhaps the support for
your machine's ADB hardware could use some work....

later.

colin