On January 8, 2003 05:59 pm, Russ wrote: > Hi Charlie, > > Thanks for the reply and sorry for the delay in responding back. In the > process of trying to tweak my mouse it flipped out all together. It > wouldn't go more than an inch away from th bottom left hand corner. The > wheel wouldn't work either. What a mess. I knew there was a thread about > someone loosing their mouse so I searched around till I found it. I > ended up having to unplug the little bugger and then choosing "none" > then plugged it back in, chose the correct mouse then rebooted again and > now it works ... sort of. > > it is still a slow poky thing unless I manually change it. No it is not > dirty around the ball (I wipe it out regularly). It is a MS Explorer 5 > button Track Ball. When I choose MS Explorer from the list, it works > fantastic (minus the 2 right hand buttons). However when I log out then > back in, it is back to the turtle. > > Anybody have any idea how I can make the setting stay put? > Also, anybody know of software out there that will allow me to use my > extra 2 buttons? > > Thanks > Russ <snip>
At least I tried. The grunge build up was responsible for a lot of mouse trouble for people that I know in the past. :-) For a 5 button mouse you may have to manually edit the mouse section of XF86Conf-4 to reflect the buttons and their mapping. I think. I don't have a 5 button mouse (or a clue) but it seems logical that you might have to "teach" it how to use all the buttons. Maybe copy'n'paste the mouse section of that file (/etc/X11/XF86Conf-4) to a message since you have Stephen's attention now. "Listen" to his advice since he's a hell of a lot more knowledgeable than I'll ever hope to be. It's possible I suppose that the mouse is in a snit 'cause it's being asked to communicate with something other than Windows. ;) Good luck. Regards; -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of the scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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