Ok, let me try again - are you using X-Windows? If so, in your /etc/X11/XF86Config file, you should find a line in the 'Section "Pointer"': Emulate3Buttons
I would say, just make sure its in there and not commented out. Stephan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Raena Lea-Shannon Sent: Sunday, 6 January 2002 7:46 PM To: Stephan Borg; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Re {SLUG]Not so Magic TVView and Misc Mouse query and Linux for Lawyers/Lawyers for Linux Stephan Borg wrote: > > Ok, I think I can help on items 2 & 3. > > (2) > The mouse config, under Redhat (and hopefully) Suse is > /etc/sysconfig/mouse. In there, you should find a line and change it > to: XEMU3=yes > > I would assume, you'll need to restart the gpm server (/etc/init.d/gpm > restart) > Unfortunately there is no sysconfig in etc in my SuSE. The was only syslog. Any ideas where else i should look. Thanks. > (3) > Yeah, keep me posted on your progress - <plug> I'm always finding it > difficult to advertise my linux skills to possible clientele. OK thanks too and ,plug taken. > > Rgds, > Stephan Borg > Osgiliath P/L (ACN: 095 048 981) > Mobile: 0402 789 788 > Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > </plug> > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf > Of Raena Lea-Shannon > Sent: Sunday, 6 January 2002 6:08 PM > To: slug > Subject: [SLUG] Re {SLUG]Not so Magic TVView and Misc Mouse query and > Linux for Lawyers/Lawyers for Linux > > I hope someone can help on this(ese). > > 1. (out of 3) > I am running Linux on the SuSE 7.3 distro install. (BTW for a newbie > the SuSE install is pretty slick. Previously I had istalled RH 7.1. I > found this very educational and learnt how to partition using fips, > and install a dual boot. Then my el cheapo crappo hard disk died I had > to re-install and decided to try SuSE. This time I decided to stuff MS > off altogether so no MS partition/dual boot. :-) the SuSE install has > default partitioning is a nice integration. ) Anyway... > > I also got an Askey Magic TvView TV card (CPHO51 TV+FM Tuner Card). My > old TV also died. (I choose not to dwell on these events at any > metaphorical or other level) > > Not being a shell Linux command guru though keenly aspirational I am > using SuSE's YAST2. It identified my TV Card, no problem and I > configured it for PAL -BG as per instructions for Australia set up. > When I open motv in a shell I get no picture or fuzz or anythng at all > and the shell says this: > > motv > This is motv-3.61, running on Linux/i686 (2.4.10-4gb) > Warning: Actions not found: Remote > Warning: Actions not found: Remote > Segmentation fault > > and after a station scan it closes out of motv > > Xconsole says > > Date kernel: bttv0:PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 ... ok > Date kernel: tuner: TV freq (o.6) out of range (44-958) > Date kernel: tuner: tuner type not set > Date kernel: tuner: tuner type not set > Date kernel: linux last message repeated 52 times > > In station scan mode the Xconsole spits out alot of "out of range" > messages. > > The MagicTVView has an infra red remote. I have tried pressing the > power button and retrying motv but still get the same result. Nothing > at all happens. > > Your help would be greatly appreciated. > - > > 2. > The other thing is the mouse in SuSE. With my RE 7.1 install the mouse > acted like a 3 button one and cut and paste from a console to anywhere > was a sinch but sadly SuSE mouse config didn't (so far as I could see) > offer this. Can anyone tell me how to either re-config my PS/2 mouse > to get the 3 Button simulation happening or alternatively explain a > method of copying and pasting from console to whatever. > > 3. > Lastly I am in the process (SLOW STEEP) of setting up a site as a > means of getting the legal profession (or such of it as has some > sense) to move from MS to Linux and at the same time to get some of > them to capture a bit of the spirit of Jessica Litman and Lawrence > Lessig and ofcourse (Richard Stallman, Linux Torvalds sine qua non) > and get behind the GNU/Linux Open Source and do a bit of soul > searching on the ridiculous new copyright, privacy, censorship, trade > practice, broadcasting and international treaty (WTO, GATT, G8, World > Copyright > Convention) kind of stuff. > > As well as general info and specific assist set up advice info and > links I want to set up tech support by either links to other sites > (SLUG) which I do with first conferring consulting informing > exchanging thoroughly with such sites. If you get work installing > Linux and setting up systems out of that then great. Then > and/or/possibly/eventually (demand permitting) have a tech assist list > on the site itself. For now what are peoples thoughts? > > Would anyone like me to keep you posted on progress? If there is > enough interest I might just post progress to Grrltalk. > > My background and interest in all this is as an Intellectual Property > Lawyer. Please note that I am not ambulance chasing or trying to > network for clients. I do alot of pro bono stuff in Arts and Media and > have a conscience. For me it is a persoanl/political thing. I am > disgusted at what is happeinig with Copyright Laws in Aust (which ftmp > are a copy of the US DMCA sadly) and the Media Oligop in Aust is very > much driving IP and Broadcasting policy. My practice covers small > independent companies and individuals many are having trouble with > rising restrictions on access to "Works" "Subject Matter Other Than > Works" not to mention TV and Radio and Cable and Copper Wire > bandwidth. Some of you may be familiar with our Productivity > Commission which has only resulted in reserving TV for existing > commercial players. I could go on but if any of you have read Jessica > Litmans's Digital Copyright or Lawrence Lessig's Code and/or Future of > Ideas books you can with a few exceptions say ditto for here in Aust. > > I hope to hear from some of you. > Thanks, > Raena -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
