mtranle@paris.IntelliCorp.COM (Minh Tran-Le/65535) (06/16/91)
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. Thanks, Minh Tran-Le.
jackv@turnkey.tcc.com (Jack F. Vogel) (06/17/91)
In article <mtranle.677056022@paris> 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
mtranle@paris.IntelliCorp.COM (Minh Tran-Le/65535) (06/20/91)
jackv@turnkey.tcc.com (Jack F. Vogel) writes: >In article <mtranle.677056022@paris> 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 I was actually refering to the MIT X11R4 server for the ibm ps/2 aix. And the MIT's code a runtime test to see if you have a 2 or 3 buttons mouse. When I was trying to track down why I couldn't use the middle button, I found out that the underlying hft driver for the mouse seems to filter out the bit for the middle button. Just try to modify /usr/lib/samples/hft/hftmouse.c to work with a 3 button mouse. You will never get a middle button event. Minh Tran-Le.