[techtalk] mouse problem

[Magni Onsoien]

Lotta Loytonen:
> I have a classic Logitech 3-button PS/2 mouse, no wheels or anything,


Nice mouse! :)

> and I can't get the middle button to work under linux. Can anyone help
> me? It's my work machine so I don't want to experiment too much with
> it as someone would probably start saying that I'd be more effective
> with NT. It's a standard up-to-date Debian Potato system. The
> thing is that I'm not sure which protocol to use, thought it was ps/2
> but when I choose that the mouse just freezes. Now it's using some
> Microsoft mouse protocol and works fine except that I have to use
> Emulate 3 buttons to paste. (Have configured it with XF86Setup). My
> work includes a lot of pasting on the command line so I'd really want
> to fix this before anything dreadful happens. Loads of thanks in
> advance! 

I have a similar one at home, and I use the MouseMan protocol. Works
very well, if you ask me :) (Though sometimes I paste a bit too much...)

Magni :)
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