Subject: Re: help: 3-button PS/2 mouse doesn't work with XFree86 3.1.2E
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/08/1996 19:31:17
Jonathan Stone writes:
> I'm trying to set up a Pentium with a PS/2 auxiliary-port mouse
> that has three buttons. I seem to have Xfree86 configured properly
> (from /etc/XF86Config:)
>
> Section "Pointer"
> # Protocol "microsoft"
> Protocol "PS/2"
> Device "/dev/mouse"
Stop right there.
What you probably don't realize is that the PS2 kernel mouse driver
makes the mouse look like a microsoft mouse to the X server.
Perry