[buug] Mouse problem in Linux

[ezekielk at iname.com]

On Wed, 07 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> begin  ezekielk at iname.com quotation:
> 
> > My mouse is a generic 2-button, works fine in other OS's, including
> > Mandrake 6.1. I believe I found the problem, but don't know how to
> > resolve it:
> 
> Naw.  You'll want to look at the manpage for "gpm", the general-purpose
> mouse driver.

Thanks. As it turns out, the mouse configuration for Corel Linux is incorporated in the XF86Setup utility. While clearing up the mouse problem, it screwed up my video settings. The utility forced me to answer questions re. video, even though I didn't want to. 

However, I also checked out Caldera Linux, whose installation directly and intelligently handles the mouse configuration right from the beginning. Then, it works with the monitor/video...even found my particular monitor model...and from there, all easy sailing for a complete and satisfying install.

Mandrake 7.0 is just like Corel, in that they both neglect the mouse configuration...apparantly defaulting to PS/2.  And does it in such a way as to frustrate the ability of the user to really get beyond this glitch. Seeing as these two distros are being promoted for newbies, this is especially confounding. On something as obvious and simple as a mouse configuration, newbies should *not be expected to pore over configuration manuals, just to install a serial mouse. So Caldera wins this little race.

But now that I know what's up, I might try upgrading (once more) from Mandrake 6.1 to 7.0.
 
> See also:  >http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/3-Button-Mouse-8.html

Mine's a 2-button. But thanks for you suggestions, as they may come in handy later on. Though for an OS to screw up the mouse is absurd, IMO.

>By the way, you really ought to configure your mail >reader to compose posts with each line less than 80 >columns.  

Really? I thought this did not happen with actual messages sent...only with the archives. However, I did try to correct this a couple months ago. Turned out that the e-mail client I was using, did *not have any option to configure word wrap in the outgoing messages. In fact, I couldn't find one, except in Netscape's own e-mail client...which I really did not want to use.

But use it I did, and the messages were properly wrapped at my 72-width setting. 

Then, a few weeks ago, I switched e-mail services. In so doing, an unexplained problem arose, where a lot of my mail was not being received by our list. I have so far lost four messages I attempted to post.

So in order to participate, I had to revert back to one of my web-based e-mail clients...all of which do not have an option to wrap messages to a right margin of less than 80. The one I'm using now, is at "iname.com".

Jon has tried to resolve this glitch for me, but is presently just as perplexed as I am, in this matter. 

>This paragraph-long-line thing is a bit obnoxious.

"Obnoxious" is a poor choice of words, as it implies I am doing this with intent to be irritating; which I certainly am not. I think "annoying", "nuisance", "difficult" and "irritating" are each a better choice of words. (Speaking from one anal-retentive to another.)

If you find my messages too much trouble to bother with, just skip them (or perhaps switch to receiving the mail instead of going through the archives). Otherwise, I ask everyone to bear with me, until I get this problem resolved.

I've been meaing to post the problem with my current e-mail service, but have been rather busy. I guess I should do this soon.



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