On Friday 07 November 2003 07:43 pm, Mark Knecht wrote:
> Hi,
> What is it that controls the operation, while in X, of the
> copy/paste function with the mouse, or the keyboard's Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V
> function?
>
> I have two Gentoo boxes side by side. My machine allows me (for
> most applications) to highlight text with the mouse in one window,
> and then go to another and paste the data using a single click the
> middle button (wheel) of the mouse. It also allows me to use
> Ctrl-C/V keyboard shortcuts with some apps.
>
> On the machine I'm building for my father none of this works.
> The middle button isn't working. It does work to press both the
> left and right buttons together.
>
> I'm thinking this is something to do with the 'Emulate 3 button
> mouse' question that comes up when building the XF86config file,
> but I'm not spotting the difference between the two files. Both
> seem to be set up as follows:
>
> #
> *******************************************************************
>*** # Core Pointer's InputDevice section
> #
> *******************************************************************
>***
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Mouse1"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
> Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
>
>
> # Emulate3Buttons is an option for 2-button Microsoft mice
> # Emulate3Timeout is the timeout in milliseconds (default is 50ms)
>
> # Option "Emulate3Buttons"
> # Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
>
> EndSection
>
>
> What else can I look at to fix this?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
>
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This works for me.....
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
Option "ChordMiddle"
EndSection
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