mouseconfig

mouseconfig ? configure mouse for use under Linux

mouseconfig [--help] [--expert] [--noprobe] [--kickstart] [--device device] [--emulthree] [mousetype]

[--test]

mouseconfig sets up the necessary configuration files and file links to use a mouse on a Red Hat system. There are two modes of operation: interactive and kickstart.

In interactive mode the user is prompted for the type of mouse attached to the system. Some of this information may be automatically probed and filled in. If ??expert is specified then the user will have an opportunity to override the probed values. After changes to the mouse configuration have been made, mouseconfig offers to modify the X server configuration to reflect the new settings.

In kickstart mode, Xconfigurator will try to autoprobe all required information, non?interactively. Mice on a PS/2 type port will be found automatically. Serial mice will usually be found, but the type of serial mouse cannot normally be determined. The user can use the <mousetype> option to force mouseconfig to use a particular mouse type. Running mouseconfig ??help will list the valid mouse types.

OPTIONS

??help

Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully. Gives complete lists of the mouse types recognized.

??back

Display a back button on the first screen rather then the normal cancel button.

??expert

Gives the user manual control over some parameters which are automatically satisfied in normal use.

??noprobe

No probing will be done to find attached mice devices.

??kickstart

Tells Xconfigurator to run in non?interactive mode, filling in as much information as posible by probing for a mouse. If no mouse is found, a Microsoft mouse on /dev/ttyS0 is assumed.

??device <port>

Specifies the hardware port to use in kickstart mode. One of "ttyS0", "ttyS1", "ttyS2", "ttyS3", or "psaux" normally. mouseconfig should normally be able to probe this information.

??emulthree

Specifies that X11 should cause a two button mouse to emulate a three button mouse when both buttons are pressed together. Use only for two button mice.

??test

Lets mouseconfig be run by a non-root user, and doesn’t attempt to save the new configuration.

<mousetype>

Specifies the mouse type to use in kickstart mode. PS/2 type mice are probed automatically, but if a non-Microsoft compatible serial mouse is connected then this argument is required. mouseconfig ??help will list the valid types of mice.

mouseconfig returns 0 on success, 2 on error, and 1 if the user cancelled the program (by using either the Cancel or Back button).

/etc/sysconfig/mouse

Specifies the mouse type, and whether 3 button emulation should be used.

/dev/mouse

Symlink pointing to the device file for the mouse.