[SLE] Making our "Marbles" work in X
Hello Lenz, I' ve read a while ago that you also use a Logitech Trackman Marble FX, and would like to use it to scroll in X. To me this would also be very helpful but do not have a solution. I have an idea that might work. And I can show you a trick that works for me. I mean I can scroll with my Marble * without * holding a button! The idea: Configure one button to do a click and hold action when clicked. Click again is release. I do not know if this can be done with the red button. I do know what works for me as a work around. It only works in one dimension though, but should work with any mouse. I have tested this with KFM and Netscape. They react a bit differently, KFM has a "snap to" reaction when you move the mouse back over the scroll bar. Here it goes: - Click and hold on (to) the slider on a scrollbar and do not move the mouse or ball (till I say so) (this is normal drag action). - Switch to console - Switch back to X. - If the mouse is still on the slider then release the button and move and scroll! It should be possible to make this into a *real* feature ;-) If this doesn't work for you then here is my situation. SuSE 6.2 with kernel 2.2.14 at runlevel 3 so no GPM SVGA v. 3.3.4. server for my S3 VIRGE KDE version 1.1.2 BB, Arjen -- Sell what you use, use what you sell. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Hi, thanks for your message! On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Arjen Runsink wrote:
I' ve read a while ago that you also use a Logitech Trackman Marble FX, and would like to use it to scroll in X.
Yes... It still does not work :(
To me this would also be very helpful but do not have a solution. I have an idea that might work. And I can show you a trick that works for me. I mean I can scroll with my Marble * without * holding a button!
The idea: Configure one button to do a click and hold action when clicked. Click again is release. I do not know if this can be done with the red button.
I doubt it can, since the application needs to react on that different klick behaviour.
I do know what works for me as a work around. It only works in one dimension though, but should work with any mouse.
I have tested this with KFM and Netscape. They react a bit differently, KFM has a "snap to" reaction when you move the mouse back over the scroll bar.
Here it goes: - Click and hold on (to) the slider on a scrollbar and do not move the mouse or ball (till I say so) (this is normal drag action). - Switch to console - Switch back to X. - If the mouse is still on the slider then release the button and move and scroll!
It should be possible to make this into a *real* feature ;-)
If this doesn't work for you then here is my situation.
SuSE 6.2 with kernel 2.2.14 at runlevel 3 so no GPM SVGA v. 3.3.4. server for my S3 VIRGE KDE version 1.1.2
Hmm, this is not really an option for me, thank you :) I don't want to switch between console and X just for scrolling. My monitor needs a while to switch between 1600x1200 and 640x480 ;) Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer 90443 Nuernberg, Germany -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Hello Lenz, Lenz Grimmer wrote:
The idea: Configure one button to do a click and hold action when clicked. Click again is release. I do not know if this can be done with the red button.
I doubt it can, since the application needs to react on that different klick behaviour.
I was thinking that this should be done by X, not an application. Just like what happend in my example. X forgot to change the status of the key and resetted them after any mouse click. It needs a new routine for it so one can bind this to button 4 (the red one) and this simulates a click and hold of button 1 on the first click and a release on any. Maybe it's better to take this discussion / idea to the X maintainers?
I do know what works for me as a work around. It only works in one dimension though, but should work with any mouse.
Hmm, this is not really an option for me, thank you :) I don't want to switch between console and X just for scrolling. My monitor needs a while to switch between 1600x1200 and 640x480 ;)
I work on a laptop,the TFT screen is a bit faster I suppose :-) BB, Arjen -- Sell what you use, use what you sell. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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