Subject: Re: X buttons and strange mice
To: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
From: SamMaEl <rimsky@teleport.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/23/1998 15:50:15
On Sat, 23 May 1998, Colin Wood wrote:

> Yes, since option-{1,2,3} (there was no control) broke things for many
> international users, this feature was changed to a config option.  I
> believe that adding:
> 
> options 	ALTXBUTTONS
> 
> to your kernel config file and recompiling will enable the desired
> behavior.

	So, what was it changed to?

> > 	Also, I have a 2 button mouse that is recognized as so:
> > 
> > adb: extended mouse <KOIT> 2-button 200 dpi mouse at 3
> > 
> > 	However, the 2nd button isn't working. It's a Macally 2-button
> > mouse. I think I tried getting it to work once a few months ago, but then
> > I ended up switching it over to my Q900... How would I go about figuring
> > out what I need to do to get the 2nd button working? 
> 
> Hmmmm...it should "just work" if it actually follows extended mouse
> protocol.  If you want to see how it works, tho, grab a copy of ADB Parser
> off of Apple's developer ftp site and take a look at what kind of data the
> mouse sends when you press the buttons.  BTW, what does the 2nd button do,
> anything at all?

	Well, the 2nd button doesn't do anything at all. According to Xev
it's not doing anything at all. I'll try downloading ADB Parser and see
what I get... thanks!

	Ryan

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