From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joshua Rogers Subject: Re: 3 button optical mouse Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 17:29:41 -0600 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <4068B165.8000200@hopper.net> References: <20040329231925.GC12375@panix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20040329231925.GC12375@panix.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Well, I'm using a 3 Button Optical mouse with scroll wheel. All you should really have to do is unplug the one you have and plug another in. You shouldn't have to do any real configuration (or at least I've never had to). I'm using a Logitech myself. From the computers point of view, I don't believe it can tell the difference between ball and optical. And both have the same number of buttons so that shouldn't be a problem. Josh Rei Shinozuka wrote: >i was delivered a linux system with a belkin 3 button ball-type PS2 mouse. >two problems: >1) don't like ball-mice >2) i boycott belkin > >is it possible to get a 3-button optical mouse to replace it? all of >the mice i can find have scroll wheels and i have no idea if they >work with linux, and they seem like they would be uncomfortable as >a 2nd mouse button. advice? > >i ordered a happy hacker's keyboard because it laid the keys out like >they should be, and its tiny footprint. > >thanks! > >-rei > > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs