Re: Graphics tablets and Fedora 8

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* Tom Horsley <tom.horsley@xxxxxxx> [20080203 21:53]:
> I find that the "Expert Mouse" from Kensington is well worth the expense.
> Symmetrical, 4 buttons, a scroll ring and a really big trackball.

Thank you, I will have a look at that.

> It is vitally important to fixup your xorg.conf file to define one of
> the buttons as a drag lock button. I can't do dragging with a trackball
> unless I have drag-lock. Too much finger contortion or you have to
> get both hands into the act otherwise.
> 
> Another hint: I find that the autoconfiguration tools for X on
> linux tend to fill in some specific protocol like Imps (or however
> it is spelled). That usually leaves only three buttons working.
> Setting the protocol to "Auto" makes all the buttons visible, then
> you can give them sensible mappings with xmodmap.

Do you have any xorg.conf and xmodmap examples you could share? :) I
am specifically interested in the drag-lock you mention, as that would
be useful to me as well.

/Anders

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