From: jem@vipunen.hut.fi (Johan Myreen) Subject: Re: combo MS/Mouse-Systems mouse Date: 30 Sep 1992 20:19:10 GMT
In article <HELLERS.92Sep30110908@cleo.cs.wisc.edu> hellers@cs.wisc.edu (Joe Hellerstein) writes:
>Microsoft mouse or a Mouse Systems mouse -- by default, it's a
>Microsoft, but if you hold a button down during power-up, it acts
>likes a Mouse Systems mouse. ^^^^^^^^
>while in Microsoft mode the middle button is useless. However under
>linux/X11 it always appears to be a Microsoft mouse, even when I hold
>a button down during bootup.
^^^^^^
Just a thought: the mouse checks the button press when power is
applied. It has no way of knowing that you (warm) boot the computer;
you have to cycle the power to change the mode.