[NCLUG] Redhat 7.3 post install issues

[Mike Loseke]

Thus spake John L. Bass:
> 
> 	I guess that's that part that's confusing me. I have a three button track
> 	ball that works fine with my RH7.1 system. But on my 7.3 I get this funky
> 	pull down menu.
> 
> Just taking a rough guess the track ball center button doesn't
> return the normal mouse center button event code, and that
> non-standard code is now mapped differently. I'm not sure where
> the pointer device to X-event mapping happens, you will need
> an X internals guys or someone used to playing with that stuff
> to give you a clue.

 Sounds like the window manager has decided that you need to do something
other than what you were doing before. If it's a logitech trackman like
the one I'm using then the middle button sends the same event code as does
a normal 3-button mouse. You should be able to use "xev" to see what X is
catching from the device.

 You might be in for a wade through the window manager config though. I
searched google real quick on this and only found this one as relevant but
with no responses: 

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=3d6844ca_1%40news1.prserv.net&rnum=5&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DISO-8859-1%26scoring%3Dd%26q%3Dredhat%2Bmouse%2Bmiddle%2B%2B7.3



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