[NBLUG/talk] Lost 3rd button on mouse

Daniel Kinon kinon at SONOMA.EDU
Sat Jan 10 11:30:04 PST 2004


hello,

that line in /etc/sysconfig/mouse: XEMU3=no
Set that to yes
It is the option that tells x weather it should emulate the "3rd" mouse
button or not.  Now your 3rd mouse button is your left and right mouse
button together.
enjoy being able to cut and paste again :)
-Dan

On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 23:35, Glen Gunsalus wrote:
> Just lost the "middle" button on my mouse.  Have been using for cut and paste 
> for as long as I can remember as well as other apps that recognize.
> 
> Can't see the problem.  Does anyone have ideas or pointers to diagnostic to 
> check?
> Hardware or software?
> 
> Here's my setup:
> 
> RH 7.3
> cat /etc/sysconfig/mouse
> MOUSETYPE="ps/2"
> XMOUSETYPE'="PS/2"
> XEMU3=no
> DEVICE=/dev/mouse
> 
> Thanks for any insight offered.
> 
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