HELP! - Xfree86 ignores my IBM Thinkpad 600E 3-button mouse
Ingolf Markhof
im@de.uu.net
Thu Nov 22 02:22:00 GMT 2001
Hi!
I recently installed cygwin/Xfree86 on a IBM Thinkpad 600E (a notebook).
Although the 600E has a three button mouse, The middle mouse button is
ignored by cygwin/Xfree86 and I thus can't paste.
I first started X by startx which in turn runs xinit. But as a workaround,
I switched to startxwin.sh which calls XWin to start X. XWin offers the
'-emulate3buttons' option and this allows me to paste by pressing two
mouse buttons at the same time.
But how can I get cygwin/Xfree86 to use the 3-button mouse of the thinkpad?
I tried to change mouse button functionality by
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 3 2"
but had to learn the there is a five (!) button mouse defined:
There are 5 pointer buttons defined.
Physical Button
Button Code
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
but even
xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 3 2 4 5"
has no effect on mouse functionality. I ever have:
button functio
1 select
2 extend selection
3 none
Any pointers?
Regards,
Ingolf
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