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Nick Andrew wrote:
> 
> In <333A1DD0.4B213B5F@ozemail.com.au> Peter Evans <pete1@ozemail.com.au> writes:
> 
> >I'm having a miserable time trying to get my 3-button mouse running
> >properly under XFree86. It's a no-name job (brand is "Arlec" whatever
> >that means) and seems to be a microsoft compatible 3 button serial
> >mouse. All three buttons work under Curtains95.
> 
> It isn't the answer, but for what it's worth Woolworths sell cheap 3-button
> mice which work fine with XFree86 and Linux.
> 

G'day.

I started this thread, and I'm pleased to say I've solved the problem,
thanks to Geoff Short's excellent mini-howto (which I got from an
archive - don't remember which - and will happily forward to anyone who
wants it). Two things required:

  1. the XFree86 protocol requited is "mousesystems"
  2. a ClearDTR line also necessary in the pointer section of
/etc/XF86Config

And bloody hell, it works.

Thanks very much also to the people who took the time to write to me and
post articles. I learnt quite a lot.

Cheers. 

--
Peter Evans
pete1@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~pete1