> ---ORIGINAL MESSAGE--- > Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 10:43:03 -0800 (PST) > From: Robin Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [vox-tech] Re: Logitech MouseMan and XF86Config-4 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 03:59:13PM -0800, Robin Snyder wrote: > > > I occasionally want to switch to a second mouse, which is a Logitech > > > Mouseman mouse with two buttons and a scroll wheel/button (not cordless) > > > and have been trying to write a second version of my XF86Config-4 file to > > > accommodate the new mouse. If I use protocol "microsoft," the cursor > > > tracks the mouse motions appropriately, but I have to use third button > > > emulation to paste text. Everything that I've seen on the net suggests > > > that the correct mouse protocol is IMPS/2 and that I should use device > > > "mouse," but these give the classic wrong protocol random mouse movements. > > > Anyone know what I should do to get the third button working? I've tried > > > adding the line > > It's a ps/2 mouse. I tried the PS/2 protocol as well as the IMPS/2 > protocol but both cause the cursor to shoot around wildly and hang out > near the screen edges in classic "I'm unhappy with my protocol" > fashion.
I use a Logitech Trackman Wheel (so stop reading if this doesn't apply
to you).
Here is my /etc/gpm.conf file sans comments (this file is Debian only)
device=/dev/psaux
responsiveness=
repeat_type=
type=exps2
append=""
sample_rate=
Here is an excerpt from my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
(many comments removed)
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "MouseManPlusPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
# Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
# ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button Logitech mice
Option "ChordMiddle"
EndSection
Note the commented /dev/gpmdata. I had tried using gpm as a raw
repeater, and letting X pick up its data from /dev/gpmdata, but that
caused the problem you speak of with the mouse bouncing around. I
couldn't get the problem to stop until I disabled gpm's repeater mode
again.
Previously, when I used a Logitech Optical Mouse (that didn't say
anything about MouseMan anywhere), my protocol in X was IMPS/2, and my
protocol in gpm was exps2
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