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Operating Systems Linux Slackware how to activate USB mouse Post 40260 by norsk hedensk on Thursday 11th of September 2003 10:23:20 PM
Old 09-11-2003
install the drivers for the mouse. generally there is no need for a mouse if you are not running X. so, if you are running x what desktop or window manager are you using? slackware may have a gui program, or an ncurses based program to help you configure all this stuff.
 

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gnome-mouse-properties(1)					   User Commands					 gnome-mouse-properties(1)

NAME
gnome-mouse-properties - set your mouse preferences SYNOPSIS
gnome-mouse-properties [gnome-std-options] DESCRIPTION
The Mouse preference tool allows you to configure your mouse for right-hand use or left-hand use. You can also specify the speed and sensi- tivity of mouse movement. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5). EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching the Mouse preference tool example% gnome-mouse-properties EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 0 Application exited successfully >0 Application exited with failure FILES
The following files are used by this application: /usr/bin/gnome-mouse-proExecutable for Mouse preferences tool ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+------------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+------------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-desktop-preferences | +-----------------------------+------------------------------+ |Interface stability |External | +-----------------------------+------------------------------+ SEE ALSO
Preference Tools Manual Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform. gnome-control-center(1), gnome-std-options(5) NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003. SunOS 5.10 2 Oct 2003 gnome-mouse-properties(1)
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