#138288 gpm: in raw mode, does not forward the data of 4. button of MouseManPlus correctly

Package:
gpm
Source:
gpm
Description:
General Purpose Mouse interface
Submitter:
Date:
2005-07-18 04:01:47 UTC
Severity:
normal
#138288#5
Date:
2002-03-14 12:30:13 UTC
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To:
This problem is not version dependent... I have a Logitech MouseMan Plus
PS/2 mouse with 4 mouse buttons. This is an exotic model, it is the
predecessor of MouseMan Plus Wheel series. In X, it uses the same
protocol as MouseManPlusPS/2 and the fourth button is reported as fourth
button (same as the wheel-up "button" when using the Wheel model).
Unfortunately, if I use gpm and it's forwarder in "raw" mode with the
same X configuration (but /dev/gpmdata as source), the actions of button
4 are reported as button 2! I though, the raw mode would really not
modify any data, but this is apparently not true.

Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux zombie 2.4.18 #2 Die Mär 12 18:52:25 CET 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro

Versions of packages gpm depends on:
ii  debianutils              1.16            Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  libc6                    2.2.5-3         GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libncurses5              5.2.20020112a-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand
#138288#10
Date:
2002-03-14 13:34:22 UTC
From:
To:
You might wish to try telling gpm to use the exps2 protocol?

Zephaniah E. Hull.