New Mouse

[Eric Eisenhart]

On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 10:49:27AM -0800, Eric Eisenhart wrote:
> I recall the original poster mentioning 5-buttons and a wheel...  This could
> be a problem with X.  You see, The X protocol has a built-in limitation to 5
> mouse buttons (sure made sense at the time; 5 fingers, 5 buttons...) and a
> "wheel" is three buttons all on its own.

Hmmm...  Looks like some version of XFree86 4 fixed this:
http://www.xfree86.org/current/mouse7.html
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