Eliminating (well, commenting out) the 3-button emulation worked out just
fine. I think it might simply be your choice of protocol.
Glen
On Sunday 23 June 2002 06:11 pm, you wrote:
> Your protocol - is this a PS/2 mouse? Here's my mouse config (from Xf86
> ver. 4.1):
>
> Section "Pointer"
> Protocol "PS/2"
> Device "/dev/psaux"
> Emulate3Buttons
> Emulate3Timeout 50
> EndSection
>
> I've got a Logitech 3-button mouse, too. Nothing special about it, no
> wheel, etc. Now that I think about it, I'm going to eliminate the
> Emulate3Buttons option and see how it works. Let ya know as soon as I
> restart X.
>
> Glen
>
> On Sunday 23 June 2002 03:02 pm, you wrote:
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > I just switched from SuSE to Debian stable on my home box. I have
> > a mouse problem driving me crazy. GPM works perfectly and my middle
> > button allows me to paste normally in the console. I installed X11 and
> > no matter what configuration I use in my "Pointer" Section of
> > XF86Config, my mouse (a Logitech 3 button) uses "emulate 3 buttons" or,
> > otherwise, any other option makes my pointer just go insane. The only
> > useable configuration for me in XF86Config is as follows:
> >
> > Section "Pointer"
> > Protocol "Microsoft"
> > Device "/dev/mouse"
> > Emulate3Buttons
> > EndSection
> >
> > If I turn off the Emulate3Buttons, I have an excellent two button
> > mouse which actually has three! Heh. And no more paste ability.
> > Can someone tell me or point me to a way to fix this? Searching
> > Google with "3 button mouse Linux Debian" (and other variations of the
> > aforementioned search) yield a multitude of useless answers.
> > Due to a lack of finger coordination and just because I prefer to
> > click the middle button than two simultaneously, any help will be
> > appreciated. Other details, but I don't think they will matter are:
> >
> > I am using Sawfish with Gnome. But this shouldn't affect my pointer.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Logan
> >
> > P.S. Another note, after using almost every other distro of Linux,
> > since 1995, I have to quote the movie, "Hellraiser II," in regard to
> > trying out Debian, for which I had some kind of bizarre, primal fear of
> > switching to after reading too many articles mentioning how difficult
> > Debian is to install...which only takes about two hours (combining
> > download [I think actually took an actual 18 minutes] and reading
> > dselect for the first time [I read almost all of the packages
> > available]) with a cable modem...anyway, the quote from the movie, "I
> > cannot believe I hesitated..." I wasted more time trying to figure out
> > the above mouse problem than installing!
>
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