Re: Using SPARC Solaris GNOME 2.0 with a 2 button trackball mouse?

[Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>]

On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 11:26 -0400, Sean Middleditch wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 11:22 -0400, Larry W. Virden wrote:
> > I've a user who uses a 2 button trackball as her mouse.
> > I've searched google and haven't found info to tell me what
> > she has to do in metacity so that she can simulate all 3 mouse buttons.
> 
> Metacity has precisely nothing to do with how your mouse is configured;
> it's just the window manager.  It manages windows.  Not input devices.
> 
> What you need to do is set the Emulate3Buttons directive in your
> xorg.conf/XF86Config config file.  Your distro should have some tools
> for configuration of your X input devices.  (system-config-mouse in
> Fedora, for example)

(Sorry, I didn't notice you were using Solaris; that's what I get for
ignoring subject lines and just reading the body...)

> 
> > 
> > Has anyone on this list tried this combination?
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Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>
AwesomePlay Productions, Inc.