Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!turnkey!jackv From: jackv@turnkey.tcc.com (Jack F. Vogel) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: 3 button mouse on ps/2 aix 1.2 ... Keywords: mouse Message-ID: <1991Jun16.201857.845@turnkey.tcc.com> Date: 16 Jun 91 20:18:57 GMT References: Reply-To: jackv@turnkey.TCC.COM (Jack F. Vogel) Organization: Turnkey Computer Consultants, Westchester, CA Lines: 26 In article mtranle@paris.IntelliCorp.COM (Minh Tran-Le/65535) writes: >Does anyone knows if it is possible to use 3button mouse (logitech) >on a ps/2 with aix 1.2? > >My logitech mouse works fine under dos and looking at the source code >of X11R4 server from mit, it does have code for supporting 3 button >mice. But somehow the hft driver gets in the way and always mask the >bits for the middle button. It was my understanding that the server would have to be modified and recompiled to get this to work. So definitely NO with the server as shipped you can use a three button mouse but the middle button will be ignored. I know because my office-mate wanted to do this very thing and I believe he ended up modifying the server. What isn't clear from your posting is whether you are saying that you built the X11R4 server and it still didn't work or just that you looked at that source?? I don't believe anything in the kernel should keep this from working. Disclaimer: I don't speak for LCC or IBM. -- Jack F. Vogel jackv@locus.com AIX370 Technical Support - or - Locus Computing Corp. jackv@turnkey.TCC.COM