The 3 Button Serial Mouse mini-HOWTO

• Index
• Disclaimer
• Introduction
• Serial Ports
• Switched Mice
• Normal Mice
• Switching a Mouse to 3-Button Mode
• Wheeled mice
• Using gpm to Switch Mouse Modes
• Using two mice
• XF86Config and Xconfig file examples
• Cables, extensions and adaptors
• Miscellaneous Problems and Setups
• Models Tested
• Further Information
• Mouse Tail

10. XF86Config and Xconfig file examples

The location of your configuration file for X depends on the particular release and distribution you have. It will probably be either /etc/Xconfig, /etc/XF86Config or /usr/X11/lib/X11/XF86Config. You should see which one it is when you start X - it will be echoed to the screen before all the options are displayed. The syntax is slightly different between the XF86Config and Xconfig files, so both are given.

Microsoft Serial Mouse

• XF86config:

  Section "Pointer"
      Protocol "microsoft"
      Device "/dev/mouse"
  EndSection
  

• Xconfig:

  #
  # Mouse definition and related parameters
  #
  Microsoft      "/dev/mouse"
  

Microsoft Serial Mouse with Three Button Emulation

• XF86config:

  Section "Pointer"
      Protocol "microsoft"
      Device "/dev/mouse"
      Emulate3Buttons
  EndSection
  

• Xconfig:

  #   
  # Mouse definition and related parameters
  #
  Microsoft      "/dev/mouse"
  Emulate3Buttons
  

MouseSystems Three Button Serial Mouse

• XF86config:

  Section "Pointer"
      Protocol "mousesystems"
      Device "/dev/mouse"
      ClearDTR            #  These two lines probably won't be needed,
      ClearRTS            #  try without first and then just the DTR
  EndSection
  

• Xconfig:

  #
  # Mouse definition and related parameters
  #
  MouseSystems    "/dev/mouse"
  ClearDTR                #  These two lines probably won't be needed,
  ClearRTS                #  try without first and then just the DTR
  

Microsoft Serial Mouse with gpm -R

• XF86config:

  Section "Pointer"
      Protocol "MouseSystems"
      Device "/dev/gpmdata"
  EndSection
  

• Xconfig:

  #
  # Mouse definition and related parameters
  #
  MouseSystems      "/dev/gpmdata"